Reinventing Free Labor
Subtitle: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 18801930
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 29, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521641609
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Labour economics; Right to labor; History: American; Systems Of Labor; United States - General; Business & Economics; History - General History; Padrone system; USA; Labor; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; History / United States / General; Padrone system--North America--History; Emigration & Immigration; Alien labor, Greek; Emigration And Immigration; History; North America
First sentence: In the imagination of many Americans who read Horatio Alger's harrowing tale of childhood enslavement and exploitation, Phil, The Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician, few figures possessed greater villainy than the padrone.