{"product_id":"on-the-dirty-plate-trail-9780292721449","title":"On the Dirty Plate Trail","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vivid, firsthand account of the migrations, immigrant camps, and labor organizing of displaced Midwestern farmers during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, illustrated with striking photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Migrant Farmer,\" by Dorothy Babb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Babb Sisters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Dirty Plate Trail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Field Notes \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOklahoma Panhandle, 1934\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Triple A, Dusted Out\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on the government's AAA program to reduce hog production and corn acreage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dispossessed \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabor Conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmer-Industrialist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabor Protest \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOrganization of labor\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernment Camps \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFascist characteristics of the campaign against the migratory workers in California\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisalia 2\/24\/38\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabor Contractor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKinds of camps in California\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirthrate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn answer to the frequent threat...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the fields, 1938\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge Landowners \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eRag Town\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRefugee Needs \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA day in the camps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSan Joaquin Valley, California, 1938\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirty-seven varieties of religon...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStriking Workers, Angry Growers \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarch, 1938\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOctober 29, 1938\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo stories of labor spies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes for a Novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Reportage \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMigratory Farm Workers in California (1938)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere Ain't No Food (1938)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmers without Farms (New Masses, 21 June 1938)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe Sure Struck It Tuff: The Storm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDealing in Major Catastrophes (New Masses, 23 May 1939)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter to Dorothy Babb (May 1938)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Dust Bowl Tales \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dark Earth (The Magazine, Nov.-Dec. 1934)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMorning in Imperial Valley (Kansas Magazine, 1941)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhose Names Are Unknown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Dust Bowl as Site of Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Epilogue: Letters from the Fields\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400855265623,"sku":"9780292721449","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-dirty-plate-trail-9780292721449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}