| #2962202 in Books | 2009-05-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.13 | File type: PDF | 336 pages||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By DKH|Daughter was very pleased to get this. Book was in great condition.
In this innovative grassroots to global study, Kathleen Mapes explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labor. Identifying rural areas as centers for modern American industrialism, Mapes contributes to an ongoing reorientation of labor history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. She engages with a full range of individuals, including Midwestern family farmers, ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Sweet Tyranny: Migrant Labor, Industrial Agriculture, and Imperial Politics (Working Class in American History) | Kathleen Mapes.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
