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Author Hopkinson, Deborah.

Title Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America / Deborah Hopkinson.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 331.7 Hop    ---  Available
Description 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Indexed In: Bklst 04/15/2006
Kirkus 03/01/2006
Horn Bk May 2006
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
Summary Offers the stories of the men, women, and children who toiled in America's cotton industry, from sharecroppers to slaves, through oral histories, archival photographs, and text about their dangerous duties and working conditions.
Subject Cotton -- Social aspects -- History.
Cotton industry -- Social aspects -- History.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Farmers -- United States -- Biography.
Sharecropping -- United States -- Biography.
Textile industry -- United States -- Biography.
Working class -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 0439639018

 
    
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