Fruits of Their Labor Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945

Name: Fruits of Their Labor Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945
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ISBN: 9780807846391

ISBN-10: 0807846392

ISBN-13: 9780807846391

Edition: 1997

Authors: Cindy Hahamovitch

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In 1933 Congress granted American laborers the right of collective bargaining, but farmworkers got no New Deal. Cindy Hahamovitch's pathbreaking account of migrant farmworkers along the Atlantic Coast shows how growers enlisted the aid of the state in an unprecedented effort to keep their fields well stocked with labor. This is the story of the farmworkersItalian immigrants from northeastern tenements, African American laborers from the South, and imported workers from the Caribbeanwho came to work in the fields of New Jersey, Georgia, and Florida in the decades after 1870. These farmworkers were not powerless, the author argues, for growers became increasingly open to negotiation as their…

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 4/21/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations and Acronyms


Introduction



A Perfectly Irresistible Change: The Transformation of East Coast Agriculture



The Sacrifice of Golden Boys and Girls: The Padrone System and New Jersey Agriculture



Progressives as Padroni: Labor Distribution and the Agrarian Ideal



Work or Fight: The State as Padrone during the First World War



The Sunshine State Meets the Garden State: Farm Labor during the Long Depression



Wards of the State: Farmworker Unionism and the New Deal



Uncle Sam as Padrone: The Politics of Labor Supply in Depression and War



The Union as Padrone: The "Underground Railroad" during the Second World War


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index