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In the Fields of the North/En Los Campos del Norte
by In the Fields of the North/En Los Campos del Norte
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In this landmark work of photo-journalism, activist and photographer David Bacon documents the experiences of some of the hardest-working and most disenfranchised laborers in the country: the farmworkers who are responsible for making California "America's breadbasket." Combining haunting photographs with the voices of migrant farmworkers, Bacon offers three-dimensional portraits of laborers living under tarps, in trailer camps, and between countries, following jobs that last only for the harvesting season. He uncovers the inherent abuse in the labor contractor work system, and drives home the almost feudal nature of laboring in America's fields.
Told in both English and Spanish, these are the stories of farmworkers exposed to extreme weather and pesticides, injured from years of working bent over for hours at a time, and treated as cheap labor. The stories in this book remind us that the food that appears on our dinner tables is the result of back-breaking labor, rampant exploitation, and powerful resilience.
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- University of California Brand
- May 23, 2017 Pub Date:
- 9780520296077 ISBN-13:
- 0520296079 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9 in * 1.1 in * 9 in Dimensions:
- 4 lb Weight:
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