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Border odyssey : travels along the US/Mexico divide / / Charles D. Thompson, Jr
| Border odyssey : travels along the US/Mexico divide / / Charles D. Thompson, Jr |
| Autore | Thompson Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972/.1 |
| ISBN | 0-292-77199-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""1. Evidence of Things Not Seen""; ""contents""; ""2. The Border Etched in Bones""; ""3. Traveling the Valley of the Shadow""; ""4. Two Kinds of Flight""; ""5. Of Roads, Fences, and Neighbors""; ""6. Boca Chica Sunset""; ""7. The Ghosts of Palmito Ranch""; ""8. El Ranchero""; ""9. Border Guards""; ""10. Brownsville Raids""; ""11. Rio Grande Guardians""; ""12. Progress?""; ""13. World's Most Honest Man""; ""14. Cowboy Priests""; ""15. The Hand-Drawn Ferry""; ""16. Prohibition Bar""; ""17. Border Walker""; ""18. The Road to Eagle Pass""; ""19. Border Ambassador""
""20. The Last Stay at Del Rio""""21. Seminole Canyon""; ""22. Braceros in Murder City""; ""23. Fort Davis and the Buffalo Soldiers""; ""24. National Park on the Line""; ""25. Pancho Villa and the Pink Store""; ""26. Smoke on the Apachería""; ""27. A Grandmother Mourns at the Wall""; ""28. Fences and Neighbors""; ""29. Ground Zero of the Border Crisis""; ""30. Altar and Sacrifice""; ""31. Phoenix Rising""; ""32. Tohono Sacred Peak and Desert Deaths""; ""33. Campesinos Sin Fronteras""; ""34. The Wall of Shame and Entrepreneurship""; ""35. Graves of Unknown Farmworkers"" ""36. Desert View Tower and the X-Men""""37. Walking Alone through Friendship Park""; ""38. As If It Were Not There""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826118403321 |
Thompson Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), <1956->
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| Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The human cost of food : farmworkers' lives, labor, and advocacy / / edited by Charles D. Thompson, Jr., and Melinda F. Wiggins
| The human cost of food : farmworkers' lives, labor, and advocacy / / edited by Charles D. Thompson, Jr., and Melinda F. Wiggins |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 pages) |
| Disciplina | 331.5/44/0975 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ThompsonCharles D., Jr. <1956-> (Charles Dillard)
WigginsMelinda |
| Soggetto topico |
Migrant agricultural laborers - Government policy - United States
Migrant agricultural laborers - Southern States Social advocacy - Southern States |
| ISBN | 0-292-79891-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966016703321 |
| Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spirits of Just Men : Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World
| Spirits of Just Men : Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World |
| Autore | Thompson Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), <1956-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 975.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Distilling, Illicit -- Virginia -- Franklin County -- History
Franklin County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century Franklin County (Va.) -- Religious life and customs Franklin County (Va.) -- Social life and customs Lee, Charles Carter, -- d. 1958 -- Trials, litigation, etc Mountain life -- Virginia -- Franklin County Mountain people -- Virginia -- Franklin County Distilling, Illicit - History - Franklin County - Virginia Mountain life - Virginia - Franklin County Mountain people - Virginia - Franklin County |
| ISBN |
9780252095269
025209526X 9781299183896 1299183891 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 Conspiracy Trial in the Moonshine Capital of the World""; ""2 Wettest Section in the U.S.A.""; ""3 Appalachian Spring""; ""4 Elder Goode""; ""5 Last Old Dollar Is Gone""; ""6 Entrepreneurial Spirits""; ""7 Her Moonshine Neighbor as Herself""; ""8 Murder Trial in Franklin County""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""NOTES""; ""WORKS CITED""; ""INDEX""; ""back cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953490503321 |
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Thompson Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), <1956->
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| Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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