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Chasing the Harvest
Gabriel Thompson
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Description for Chasing the Harvest
Paperback. The lives of one of America's invisible communities--migrant farmworkers Editor(s): Thompson, Gabriel. Series: Voice of Witness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and '70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in California's fields-one third of the nation's agricultural work force-are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in California's ... Read more
The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and '70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in California's fields-one third of the nation's agricultural work force-are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in California's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Voice of Witness
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786632210
SKU
V9781786632210
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Gabriel Thompson
Gabriel Thompson is an independent journalist who has written for the New York Times, Harper's, New York, Slate, Mother Jones, Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Nation. His articles about labor and immigration have won a number of prizes, including the Studs Terkel Media Award and the Sidney Award. His most recent book is America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots ... Read more
Reviews for Chasing the Harvest
The voices are defiant and nuanced, aware of the human complexities that spill across bureaucratic categories and arbitrary borders. - Siddartha Deb, The Baffler A deeply moving tribute to the lives of the California farm workers, and their journey from Mexican villages into the cruel machinery of American agribusiness. - Hector Tobar, author of Deep Down Dark ... Read more