North for the harvest
Subtitle: Mexican workers, growers, and the sugar beet industry
By: Jim Norris.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780873516310
Subjects: American Crystal Sugar Company; Sugar beet industry -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.); Mexicans -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.); Migrant labor -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)
Description: Examines the evolution of the relationships among the American Crystal Sugar Company, sugar beet growers, and Mexican migrant works in the mid-20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Coming together; title: Depression years and transformation; title: War and aftermath; title: Growers, Mexicans, and patronismo; title: Anxieties and reassessments; title: Cuba, Texas, and the Red River Valley; title: The growers take control.