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Episode 193: Of Economic Value
Episode 193

Episode 193: Of Economic Value

AZ: The History of Arizona podcast · AZ: The History of Arizona

September 16, 202428m 40s

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Show Notes

With the cotton boom happening across Arizona in the late 1910s and the early 1920s, the demand for cheap labor during the harvest season increased exponentially. To meet that demand, large-scale farming operators turned to both Amerindian and Mexican labor to get the job done.