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Cleveland Benjamin's Dead: A Struggle for Dignity in Louisiana's Cane Country

Name: Cleveland Benjamin's Dead: A Struggle for Dignity in Louisiana's Cane Country
Brand: University of Georgia Press
SKU: ByrdShop_0820315818
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hardcover – January 1, 1994

by Sims, Patsy

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ISBN-13: 9780820315812 ISBN-10: 0820315818

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Binding

hardcover

Published

January 1, 1994

Weight

1.4 lbs

Dimensions

23.50×1.90×16.50 cm

About this book

Cleveland Benjamin's Dead: A Struggle for Dignity in Louisiana's Cane Country by Sims, Patsy. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780820315812.

Sims (writing, U. of Pittsburgh) chronicles daily life in a community of Louisiana sugar cane workers in the 1970s and their struggles to sue the Department of Agriculture over irregularities in their wages. Using a mix of journalism and oral history, she investigates the workers substandard housing and inadequate job safety, and covers a tragic accident in which a worker is killed beneath an overturned tractor. This second edition restores two complete chapters omitted from the first edition (Elsevier-Dutton, 1981), and adds an epilogue updating the story through 1992. Includes b&w photos. Lacks an index and a bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.