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BIG SUGAR--Part One

The author graphically describes cane growing, burning and harvesting, which he declares to be the most dangerous work in the U.S., and forcefully portrays the cutters' seven-day weeks of filthy and exhausting labor, ill-paid on a piece-rate basis.

Topic
World Issues
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Author
Alec Wilkinson
Publication
1989 The New Yorker
Read by
Vi Benner
Length
104 minutes