The great escape : a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams in America
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Soni, Saket, 1977-
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HD4875.U5 S66 2023
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LC Subjects
Escapes -- Mississippi -- History -- 21st century.
Exploitation.
Forced labor -- Mississippi -- History -- 21st century.
Foreign workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 21st century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Labor camps -- Mississippi -- History -- 21st century.
Bisac Subjects
Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists.
Business & Economics / Labor.
Political Science / Public Policy / Immigration.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Escapes
Exploitation
Forced labor
Foreign workers
History
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Labor camps
Mississippi
United States
Other Subjects
Abris pour travailleurs -- Mississippi -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
Exploitation (Morale)
Immigrants -- United States.
Travail forcé -- Mississippi -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
Travailleurs étrangers -- Mississippi -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
Évasions -- Mississippi -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.

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Book
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352 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
UPC
40031590459

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329-348).
Description
"In 2007, Saket Soni received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker inside a Mississippi labor camp. He and 500 other men were living in squalor in Gulf Coast "man camps," surrounded by barbed wire, watched by armed guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid portable toilets, forced to eat moldy bread and frozen rice. Worse, lured by the promise of good work and green cards, the men had desperately scraped together up to 20,000 dollars each to apply for this "opportunity" to rebuild oil rigs after Hurricane Katrina, putting their families into impossible debt. Soni traces the workers' extraordinary escape; their march on foot to Washington, DC; and their 31-day hunger strike to bring attention to their cause."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Soni, S. (2023). The great escape: a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams in America (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Soni, Saket, 1977-. 2023. The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Soni, Saket, 1977-. The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Soni, S. (2023). The great escape: a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams in america. First edn. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Soni, Saket. The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.

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