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Wyman, Mark
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Tramps -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Migrant labor -- West (U.S.) -- History.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945.
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Hoboes : bindlestiff...
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Hoboes : bindlestiffs, fruit
tramps
, and the harvesting of the
West
/ Mark Wyman.
by
Wyman, Mark
Subjects
Tramps
--
West
(U.
S
.)
--
History
.
Migrant labor
--
West
(U.
S
.)
--
History
.
West
(U.
S
.)
--
History
--
1860-1890.
West
(U.
S
.)
--
History
--
1890-1945.
Publisher Info:
New York : Hill and Wang, 2010.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780809030217
0809030217
9780809054916
0809054914
Contents:
Great expectations
--
"Wheat farms and hoboes go together"
--
The Western hobo
--
"Labor shortage menace" in the Northwest
--
The Northwest becomes an orchard
--
Hoboes battling forest fires
--
King cotton moves
West
--
The "Cotton
West
" reaches Arizona
--
"Beeters"
--
The California garden
--
Mexicans, Wobblies, war
--
Arrival of the "gasoline
tramps
."
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Summary:
A revisionist
history
of the American
West
traces how the railroad led to new agricultural opportunities, including the migrations of innumerable harvest workers who contributed to the region'
s
settlement and fledgling economy.
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