Housing seasonal workers for the Minnesota processed vegetable industry

Rural Sociology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-357

  Ziebarth, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MIGRANT WORKER;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISUM SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745432803     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601106777789693     Document Type: Article

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