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The fruits of their labor : Atlantic coast farmworkers and the making of migrant poverty, 1870-1945 /

This study consolidates, refines, advances and grounds recent scholarship that challenges familiar platitudes about family farming and rural life in the United States. Its approach yields a depth of information about farming culture not usually found in the literature on rural America. The book take...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hahamovitch, Cindy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; The Fruits of Their Labor; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Epigraph; Introduction; 1: A Perfectly Irresistible Change; 2: The Sacrifice of Golden Boys and Girls; 3: Progressives as Padroni; 4: Work or Fight; 5: The Sunshine State Meets the Garden State; 6: Wards of the State; 7: Uncle Sam as Padrone; 8: The Union as Padrone; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index