I Am Not a Tractor!: How Florida Farmworkers Took on the Fast Food Giants and Won

by Susan L Marquis and Susan L. Marquis

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I Am Not a Tractor celebrates the courage, vision, and creativity of the farmworkers and community leaders who have transformed one of the worst agricultural situations in the United States into one of the best. Susan L. Marquis highlights past abuses workers suffered in Florida's tomato fields: toxic pesticide exposure, beatings, sexual assault, rampant wage theft, and even, astonishingly, modern-day slavery. Marquis unveils how, even...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1501713086

ISBN13:9781501713088

Release Date:December 2017

Publisher:ILR Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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