Sweet tyranny : migrant labor, industrial agriculture, and imperial politics /
Mapes, Kathleen, 1967-
Sweet tyranny : migrant labor, industrial agriculture, and imperial politics / Kathleen Mapes. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009. - xi, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The working class in American history . - Working class in American history. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-300) and index.
Rural industrialization and imperial politics -- Contract farming in rural Michigan -- Family farms, child labor, and migrant families -- Farmers and the Great War -- Immigrant labor and the guest worker program -- Mexican immigrants and immigration debate -- Child labor reformers and industrial agriculture -- Remaking imperialism and the industrial countryside -- The politics of migrant labor.
9780252034367 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252034368 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252076671 (pbk.) 0252076672 (pbk.)
2008041247
GBA951448 bnb
015265446 Uk
Migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.
Child migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--History--Middle West--20th century.
Rural industries--History--Middle West--20th century.
Industrialization--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agriculture and politics--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--Middle West--20th century.
Imperialism--History--20th century.
Middle West--Rural conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
HD1527.M54 / M37 2009
331.5/440977
Sweet tyranny : migrant labor, industrial agriculture, and imperial politics / Kathleen Mapes. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009. - xi, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The working class in American history . - Working class in American history. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-300) and index.
Rural industrialization and imperial politics -- Contract farming in rural Michigan -- Family farms, child labor, and migrant families -- Farmers and the Great War -- Immigrant labor and the guest worker program -- Mexican immigrants and immigration debate -- Child labor reformers and industrial agriculture -- Remaking imperialism and the industrial countryside -- The politics of migrant labor.
9780252034367 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252034368 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252076671 (pbk.) 0252076672 (pbk.)
2008041247
GBA951448 bnb
015265446 Uk
Migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.
Child migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--History--Middle West--20th century.
Rural industries--History--Middle West--20th century.
Industrialization--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agriculture and politics--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--Middle West--20th century.
Imperialism--History--20th century.
Middle West--Rural conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
HD1527.M54 / M37 2009
331.5/440977