Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History

Mintz, Sidney W.

ISBN 10: 0393007316 / ISBN 13: 9780393007312

Published by W. W. Norton & Company (edition Reprint), 1974

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393007316
• ISBN 13: 9780393007312
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

This is the absorbing story of Don Taso, a Puerto Rican sugar cane worker, and of his family and the village in which he lives. Told largely in his own words, it is a vivid account of the drastic changes taking place in Puerto Rico, as he sees them.

Worker in the Cane is both a profound social document and a moving spiritual testimony. Don Taso portrays his harsh childhood, his courtship and early marriage, his grim struggle to provide for his family. He tells of his radical political beliefs and union activity during the Depression and describes his hardships when he was blacklisted because of his outspoken convictions. Embittered by his continuing poverty and by a serious illness, he undergoes a dramatic cure and becomes converted to a Protestant revivalist sect. In the concluding chapters the author interprets Don Taso's experience in the light of the changing patterns of life in rural Puerto Rico.

About the Author

Sidney W. Mintz is professor of anthropology at The Johns Hopkins University.