Sweet tyranny : migrant labor, industrial agriculture, and imperial politics /

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 the...

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Main Author:	Mapes, Kathleen, 1967-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009 Urbana : ©2009 Urbana : [2009]
Series:	Working class in American history
Subjects:	1900 - 1999 1900-1999 20th century Agricultural laborers, Foreign > Middle West > History > 20th century Agriculture and politics > Middle West > History > 20th century Agriculture > Economic aspects > Middle West > History > 20th century Child migrant agricultural laborers > Middle West > History > 20th century Imperialism > History > 20th century Industrialization > Middle West > History > 20th century Migrant agricultural laborers > Middle West > History > 20th century Rural industries > Middle West > History > 20th century Agricultural laborers, Foreign Agriculture and politics Agriculture > Economic aspects Child migrant agricultural laborers Emigration and immigration Emigration and immigration > Government policy Government policy History Imperialism Industrialization Migrant agricultural laborers Rural conditions Rural industries Middle West > Rural conditions United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century Middle West United States

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