Alyshia Gálvez is Professor of Food Studies and Anthropology at The New School. She is the author of Guadalupe in New York: Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants and Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers: Mexican Women, Public Prenatal Care, and the Birth-weight Paradox.

• List of IllustrationsPreface1. Introduction2. People of the Corn3. Laying the Groundwork for NAFTA4. NAFTA: Free Trade in the Body5. Deflecting the Blame: Poverty and Personal Responsibility6. Diabetes: The Disease of the Migrant?7. Nostalgia, Prestige, and a Party Every Day8. Conclusion: Connecting the Dots, and Bright SpotsAcknowledgmentsNotesWorks CitedIndex

“Compelling...If you want to understand what ‘free trade’ is really about—on the personal as well as the political level—this is the book to read.”

Alyshia Gálvez is Professor of Food Studies and Anthropology at The New School. She is the author of Guadalupe in New York: Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants and Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers: Mexican Women, Public Prenatal Care, and the Birth-weight Paradox.

• List of IllustrationsPreface1. Introduction2. People of the Corn3. Laying the Groundwork for NAFTA4. NAFTA: Free Trade in the Body5. Deflecting the Blame: Poverty and Personal Responsibility6. Diabetes: The Disease of the Migrant?7. Nostalgia, Prestige, and a Party Every Day8. Conclusion: Connecting the Dots, and Bright SpotsAcknowledgmentsNotesWorks CitedIndex

“Compelling...If you want to understand what ‘free trade’ is really about—on the personal as well as the political level—this is the book to read.”

Alyshia Gálvez is Professor of Food Studies and Anthropology at The New School. She is the author of Guadalupe in New York: Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants and Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers: Mexican Women, Public Prenatal Care, and the Birth-weight Paradox.

• List of IllustrationsPreface1. Introduction2. People of the Corn3. Laying the Groundwork for NAFTA4. NAFTA: Free Trade in the Body5. Deflecting the Blame: Poverty and Personal Responsibility6. Diabetes: The Disease of the Migrant?7. Nostalgia, Prestige, and a Party Every Day8. Conclusion: Connecting the Dots, and Bright SpotsAcknowledgmentsNotesWorks CitedIndex

“Compelling...If you want to understand what ‘free trade’ is really about—on the personal as well as the political level—this is the book to read.”