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ARKIE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

An itinerant agricultural worker; especially such a worker from Arkansas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Habitant des régions rustiques de l'État d'Arkansas. Ouvrier originaire de cet État.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
CONT

[…] desde 1870, la agricultura californiana ha recurrido a una sucesión de grupos obreros agrícolas distintos […], en el transcurso de la Gran Depresión, […] los "Arkies", campesinos de Arkansas […] desarraigados por la sequía […] entran en masa en California […]

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