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I Am Not a Tractor! : How Florida Farmworkers Took On the Fast Food Giants and Won /

"I am Not a Tractor! celebrates the courage, vision, and creativity of the farmworkers and community leaders who have transformed one of the worst agricultural situation in the United States into one of the best. Susan Marquis highlights past abuses workers suffered in Florida's tomato fie...

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Autor principal: Marquis, Susan L. (Susan Lynn), 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prologue : getting to Immokalee -- To beat one of us is to beat us all! -- Bang your head against the wall long enough, and you have to admit it starts to hurt -- Campaigning for fair food -- Has anyone talked with these guys? -- Eyes wide open -- Forging the path by walking it -- "Value" can have a different meaning -- What difference? -- Designed for the future. 
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