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The hobo : a history of America's first climate migrants / Robert Suits.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suits, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Migrant labor--United States--History.
- Migrant labor.
- Tramps--United States--History.
- Tramps.
- Climatic changes--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Forced migration--United States.
- Forced migration.
- United States--Environmental conditions.
- United States.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- A panoramic history of America's first climate migrants From the mid-nineteenth century through the dustbowl years of the Great Depression, a new kind of migrant worker became a familiar sight in communities across America.
- Contents:
- The Hobo’s Origins 192 Wheat and Climate 493 Lumber and Energy 964 Transitions 1305 Destinations of the Migrant Underclass 172Epilogue: The Hobo and the Anthropocene.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed on May 28, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Suits, Robert Hobo
- ISBN:
- 9780691284675
- 0691284679
- 9780691287942
- 0691287945
- OCLC:
- 1591607973
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000377103
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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