Sims (writing, U. of Pittsburgh) chronicles daily life in a community of Louisiana sugar cane workers in the 1970s and their struggles to sue the Department of Agriculture over irregularities in their wages. Using a mix of journalism and oral history, she investigates the workers' substandard housing and inadequate job safety, and covers a tragic accident in which a worker is killed beneath an overturned tractor. This second edition restores two complete chapters omitted from the first edition (Elsevier-Dutton, 1981), and adds an epilogue updating the story through 1992. Includes b&w photos. Lacks an index and a bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Patsy Sims is associate director of the University of Pittsburgh's writing program and an assistant professor of creative nonfiction writing.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Like New. Through a tough-minded mix of journalism and oral history, Patsy Sims chronicles daily life in a community of impoverished workers behind southern Louisiana's 'cane curtain' in the 1970s. The world of the sugar cane plantations, isolated by rows of densely grown stalks, defined the lives of the blacks who lived and labored there, cut off from any prospects of better conditions by the wall of exploitation erected by the white growers. Artikel-Nr. 9780820315812
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