The fruits of their labor : Atlantic coast farmworkers and the making of migrant poverty, 1870-1945 /
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| Author / Creator: | Hahamovitch, Cindy. |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997. |
| Description: | xiii, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2712077 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A Perfectly Irresistible Change: The Transformation of East Coast Agriculture
- 2. The Sacrifice of Golden Boys and Girls: The Padrone System and New Jersey Agriculture
- 3. Progressives as Padroni: Labor Distribution and the Agrarian Ideal
- 4. Work or Fight: The State as Padrone during the First World War
- 5. The Sunshine State Meets the Garden State: Farm Labor during the Long Depression
- 6. Wards of the State: Farmworker Unionism and the New Deal
- 7. Uncle Sam as Padrone: The Politics of Labor Supply in Depression and War
- 8. The Union as Padrone: The "Underground Railroad" during the Second World War.
