Frank Tobias Higbie
Biographic Data
| ID | 697053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Tobias Higbie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Higbie |
| SIGNATURE | HIGBIE F T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newberry Library |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rural Work, Household Subsistence, and the North American Working Class: A View from the Midwest
This essay examines seasonal rural work as part of the survival strategies of rural and urban households and individuals in the Midwestern United States. Using workers' memoirs and data from government investigations, the lives of so-called “hobo” workers are examined in relation to communities, labor markets, gender and sexuality, and class formation. “Hobo” was a colloquial term for seasonal migrant workers; most were young, immigrant and US-bo…
Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930
Like the flock of swallows that come in the springtime the uneasy place of seasonal labourers in midwestern economy and culture retelling life stories - labour and the terrain of progressive era social investigation reassessing the floating laborer - the social geography of work and community in the upper Midwest the hobo - the wobbly and the Battle of Mitchell - unionization and the politics of community in the wheat belt We thought of ourselves…
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Rural Work, Household Subsistence, and the North American Working Class: A View from the Midwest
This essay examines seasonal rural work as part of the survival strategies of rural and urban households and individuals in the Midwestern United States. Using workers' memoirs and data from government investigations, the lives of so-called “hobo” workers are examined in relation to communities, labor markets, gender and sexuality, and class formation. “Hobo” was a colloquial term for seasonal migrant workers; most were young, immigrant and US-bo…
Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930
Like the flock of swallows that come in the springtime the uneasy place of seasonal labourers in midwestern economy and culture retelling life stories - labour and the terrain of progressive era social investigation reassessing the floating laborer - the social geography of work and community in the upper Midwest the hobo - the wobbly and the Battle of Mitchell - unionization and the politics of community in the wheat belt We thought of ourselves…
Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · American History and Culture (1 works) · Apprenticeship (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)