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Lyons-Barrett, Mary – Great Plains Quarterly, 2005
Children working in agriculture have always been a part of the rural culture and work ethos of the United States, especially on the Great Plains. Many teenagers still detassel corn or walk the beans in the summer months to earn spending money or money for college. But what about the children who work as migrant laborers in commercialized…
Descriptors: Laborers, Agriculture, Child Labor, Migrant Children