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Hovius, Christopher.
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Migrant agricultural laborers -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Foreign workers, Latin American -- Juvenile literature.
Latin Americans -- Juvenile literature.
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Latino migrant worke...
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Latino migrant workers : America's harvesters / by Christopher Hovius.
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Hovius, Christopher.
Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2006.
Subjects
Migrant agricultural laborers -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Foreign workers, Latin American -- Juvenile literature.
Latin Americans -- Juvenile literature.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018231.html
ISBN:
159084937X :
9781590849378 :
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Hispanic heritage (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description:
112 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Who are America's harvesters? -- Uprooted : the history of migrant farming -- Sowing the seeds of power : Cesár Chavéz and the United Farm Workers -- Leap over the border : migrant workers from Mexico and Central America -- Life on the harvest trail -- The roots of hope : cultural traditions and celebrations -- Prosperity tomorrow? -- Timeline.
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Discusses America's migrant farmworkers, the realities they live, the struggles they face, as well as the history of American agriculture, how farmworkers have fought for greater rights, and how Latinos are influencing American economics, politics, and culture today.
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
YA -- Nonfiction
331.544 HO
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