'The worst job in the world': Reform, revolution, and the secret rebellion in Florida's cane fields

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 770-800

  Hahamovitch, Cindy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR DIVISION; MITIGATION; PEASANT AGRICULTURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650334382     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150802682029     Document Type: Article

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