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Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930 (The Working Class in American History)
Indispensable Outcasts Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest 18801930 - The Working Class in American History
Author: Frank Tobias Higbie
Often overlooked in the history of Progressive Era labor, the hoboes who rode the rails in search of seasonal work have nevertheless secured a place in the American imagination. The stories of the men who hunted work between city and countryside, men alternately portrayed as either romantic adventurers or degenerate outsiders, have not been easy...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252027949
ISBN-10: 0252027949
Publication Date: 5/2003
Pages: 255
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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