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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hahamovitch, Cindy.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant agricultural laborers--Atlantic States--History.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Atlantic coast farmworkers and the making of migrant poverty

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1997]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This is the story of the farmworkers--Italian immigrants from the northeastern tenements, African American laborers from the South, and imported workers from the Caribbean--who came to work in the fields of New Jersey, Georgia, and Florida in the decades after 1870.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-273) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Hahamovitch, Cindy. Fruits of their labor.

ISBN:

9781469603964

1469603969

Publisher Number:

99985889692

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.