Uprooted Children : The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers (Pittsburgh Series in Social and Labor History)
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ISBN: 0822931923 / Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, January 1973
A dramatic portrayal of the helplessness of migrant farm workers' children and an appeal for legislative action and social concern
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Uprooted Children is a study of migrant farm children in Florida and the eastern seaboard. It describes how black, white, and Mexican-American children of migrant families grow up in rural America under conditions of extreme hardship and how they come to terms with the world and themselves. In preparation for this book, Dr. Coles spent years among migrants, drawing his research through interviews and every day life.
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