Title Latino migrant workers : America's harvesters / by Christopher Hovius.

Publication Info.	Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color), 1 color map.
Series	Hispanic heritage
	Hispanic heritage (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.
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.
Summary	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.
Note	Print version record.
Local Note	EBSCOhost History Reference Center
Language	English.
Subject	Migrant agricultural laborers -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Foreign workers, Latin American -- Juvenile literature.
	Latin Americans -- Juvenile literature.
	Migrant agricultural laborers.
	Foreign workers, Latin American. (OCoLC)fst01729159
	Latin Americans. (OCoLC)fst00993069
	Migrant agricultural laborers. (OCoLC)fst01020686
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Electronic book.
Other Form:	Print version: Hovius, Christopher. Latino migrant workers. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, ©2006 (DLC) 2004018231 (OCoLC)56108291
ISBN	159084937X
	9781590849378

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