Digest of Education Statistics

Digest of Education Statistics
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Total Pages: 148
Release: 1969
Genre: Education
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Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.

Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State

Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State
Author: Linda C. Majka
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Total Pages: 368
Release: 1982
Genre: Agricultural laborers
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Historical account of the social conflict between agricultural workers and agribusiness, and the role of state intervention in California, USA - analyses agricultural trade unionism since 1870, immigration of Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos, and its regulation; examines the economic recession of the 1930s, rise of rural worker organizations, internal migration, and state-enrolled contract labour; reports on the formation of the United Farm Workers and its struggle for trade union recognition, opposition, and state mediation. Bibliography.