Pecan shellers of San Antonio: the problem of underpaid and unemployed Mexican labor

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A book about the livelihood of migrant Mexican pecan shellers. The book contains information concerning: the pecan-shelling industry in San Antonio, the earnings of the pecan shellers in 1938, the social lives of the pecan shellers, and the potential prospects of the pecan shellers.

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xix, 82 p. incl. illus. (maps) tables, diagr. plates. 26 cm.

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Menefee, Selden C.; Cossmore, Orin C. & Webb, John N. 1940.

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A book about the livelihood of migrant Mexican pecan shellers. The book contains information concerning: the pecan-shelling industry in San Antonio, the earnings of the pecan shellers in 1938, the social lives of the pecan shellers, and the potential prospects of the pecan shellers.

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xix, 82 p. incl. illus. (maps) tables, diagr. plates. 26 cm.

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At head of title: Federal Works agency. John M. Carmody, administrator. Work projects administration. F. C. Harrington, commissioner. Corrington Gill, assistant commissioner. Division of research. Howard B. Myers, director

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Menefee, Selden C.; Cossmore, Orin C. & Webb, John N. Pecan shellers of San Antonio: the problem of underpaid and unemployed Mexican labor, book, 1940; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5866/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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