Sweet tyranny migrant labor, industrial agriculture, and imperial politics / Kathleen Mapes.

Author/creator Mapes, Kathleen, 1967-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press,
Descriptionxi, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Migrant agricultural laborers--Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Child migrant agricultural laborers--Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Rural industries--Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Industrialization--Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Agriculture and politics--Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Agriculture--Economic aspects. --Middle West. --History. --20th century.
Imperialism--History. --20th century.
Middle West--Rural conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --Government policy. --History. --20th century.

SeriesThe working class in American history
Working class in American history. ^A227744
Contents Rural industrialization and imperial politics -- Contract farming in rural Michigan -- Family farms, child labor, and migrant families -- Farmers and the Great War -- Immigrant labor and the guest worker program -- Mexican immigrants and immigration debate -- Child labor reformers and industrial agriculture -- Remaking imperialism and the industrial countryside -- The politics of migrant labor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-300) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008041247
ISBN9780252034367 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252034368 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252076671 (pbk.)
ISBN0252076672 (pbk.)
ISBN2008041247 (epub)

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