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UNINA9910455711003321 |
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Titolo |
The human cost of food [[electronic resource] ] : farmworkers' lives, labor, and advocacy / / edited by Charles D. Thompson, Jr., and Melinda F. Wiggins |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (358 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ThompsonCharles Dillard <1956-> |
WigginsMelinda |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Migrant agricultural laborers - Government policy - United States |
Migrant agricultural laborers - Southern States |
Social advocacy - Southern States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Sowing Seeds for Change Symposium Address, Gainesville, Florida, by Lucas Benitez, farmworker and organizer""; ""Introduction by Charles D. Thompson, Jr.""; ""Organization of This Book""; ""The Virgin of Guadalupe, by Carmen Tomás, farmworker from Cherán, Michoacán, Mexico, Interview by Wendy Daniels Ibarra, 1999 SAF intern""; ""Chapter 1: Making Home: Culture, Ethnicity, and Religion among Farmworkers in the Southeastern United States, by Alejandra Okie Holt and Sister Evelyn Mattern"" |
""Sowing Seeds for Change Symposium Address, Gainesville, Florida, by Lucas Benitez, farmworker and organizer""""Chapter 2: Layers of Loss: Migrants, Small Farmers, and Agribusiness, by Charles D. Thompson, Jr.""; ""Life on Easy Street, by Rachel LaCour Niesen, 1999 SAF intern""; ""Chapter 3: Standing Idly By: ''Organized'' Farmworkers in South Florida during the Depression and World War II, by Cindy Hahamovitch""; ""Rifaré mi suerte/ I'll Raffle My Luck by Humberto Zapata Alvizo, farmworker and musician, Interview by Joe Bagby, 1999 SAF intern"" |
""Chapter 4: H-2A Guestworker Program: A Legacy of Importing |
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Agricultural Labor, by Garry G. Geffert""""Testimony at Hearing before the Commission on Agricultural Workers, by Roman Rodriguez, Florida farmworker""; ""Chapter 5: Farmworker Exceptionalism under the Law:How the Legal System Contributes to Farmworker Poverty and Powerlessness, by Greg Schell""; ""Wells Farms, by Rachel Avery, 1997 SAF intern""; ""The Conditions at the Camp Are Not Great, by Vanessa, farmworker and daughter of crew leader, Interview by Kris Adams, 1997 SAF intern"" |
""Chapter 6: Bitter Harvest: Housing Conditions of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, by Christopher Holden""""The History We Wrote This Summer, by Jenny Carroll""; ""Chapter 7: The Struggle for Health in Times of Plenty, by Colin Austin""; ""That Summer, by Marcella Hurtado Gomez, farmworker and 1997 SAF intern""; ""Bella Juventud/ Wonderful Youth, by Gloria Velásquez""; ""Chapter 8: Understanding the Challenges and Potential of Migrant Students, by Ramiro Arceo, Joy Kusserow, and Al Wright"" |
""I Don't Think People Give Up, by Sheila Payne, farmworker organizer, Interview by Melinda Steele, 1998 SAF intern""""Chapter 9: From Slavery to Cesar Chavez and Beyond: Farmworker Organizing in the United States, by Paul Ortiz""; ""Sowing Seeds for Change Symposium Address, Gainesville, Florida, by Lucas Benitez, farmworker and organizer""; ""Conclusion: An Invocation to Act, by Melinda F. Wiggins""; ""Appendix I: Developing a Syllabus on Farmworker Advocacy""; ""Appendix II: Farmworker-Related Organizations and Agencies""; ""Appendix III: Recommended Readings""; ""Works Cited"" |
""Contributors"" |
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