Reinventing Free Labor
Subtitle: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 18801930
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521778190
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Labour economics; Padrone system; History - U.S.; Emigration and immigration; United States - State & Local - General; Business & Economics; North America; History: World; USA; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local; Padrone system--North America--History; Political Science : Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Emigration & Immigration; Right to labor; Labor; Alien labor, Greek; History
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.