Mapes, Kathleen, 1967-

Sweet tyranny : migrant labor, industrial agriculture, and imperial politics / Kathleen Mapes. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009. - xi, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The working class in American history . - Working class in American history. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-300) and index.

Rural industrialization and imperial politics -- Contract farming in rural Michigan -- Family farms, child labor, and migrant families -- Farmers and the Great War -- Immigrant labor and the guest worker program -- Mexican immigrants and immigration debate -- Child labor reformers and industrial agriculture -- Remaking imperialism and the industrial countryside -- The politics of migrant labor.

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Migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.
Child migrant agricultural laborers--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--History--Middle West--20th century.
Rural industries--History--Middle West--20th century.
Industrialization--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agriculture and politics--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--Middle West--20th century.
Imperialism--History--20th century.


Middle West--Rural conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.

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