Mapes, Kathleen,  1967- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-300) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252034367 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252034368 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252076671 (pbk.) 0252076672 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008041247 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA951448  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015265446  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Child migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Agricultural laborers, Foreign--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Rural industries--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Industrialization--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Agriculture and politics--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Imperialism--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle West--Rural conditions.<br/>United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD1527.M54  / M37 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.5/440977