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Manly, Libby, Ed.; Okie, Alejandra, Ed.; Wiggins, Melinda, Ed. – 1998
In this booklet, essays and poems, presented both in English and in Spanish, portray the feelings, conditions, and economic plight of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North and South Carolina, often in their own words. A preface describes Student Action with Farmworkers summer internships in which college students spend 10 weeks working with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Crew Leaders, Economic Factors
BROOKS, MELVIN S.; HILGENDORF, ROBERT L. – 1960
MIGRANT LABORERS WHO PICKED STRAWBERRIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN THE SPRING OF 1958 WERE SURVEYED. THIS PARTICULAR SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FOR STUDY BECAUSE FAR MORE CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN THE HARVEST OF STRAWBERRIES THAN IN ANY OTHER FARM TASK OF THE AREA. MIGRANTS WHO WERE INTERVIEWED WERE SELECTED BY SYSTEMATIC RANDOM SAMPLING--A PROCEDURE THAT…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Aspiration, Attitudes, Family Characteristics
