Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930

(Part of the The Working Class in American History Series)

by Frank Tobias Higbie

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Often overlooked in labor history, the hoboes who rode the rails in search of seasonal work nevertheless secured a place in the American imagination. Frank Tobias Higbie weaves together history, anthropology, gender studies, and literary analysis to reposition these workers at the center of Progressive Era debates over class, race, manly responsibility, community, and citizenship. Combining incisive cultural criticism with labor history, Higbie...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252070984

ISBN13:9780252070983

Release Date:May 2003

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930

(Part of the The Working Class in American History Series)

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