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Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California, Carey M
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- ISBN
- 9780520224131
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520224132
ISBN-13
9780520224131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1619923
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
363 Pages
Publication Name
Factories in the Field : the Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Subject
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, Industries / Agribusiness, Agriculture / General, Labor
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-045099
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
331.5/44/09794
Table Of Content
Foreword by Douglas C. Sackman I Introduction II Land Monopolization III Empires and Utopias IV The Pattern Is Cut V The Chinese VI The Factories Appear VII "Our Oriental Agriculture" VIII Social Consequences IX The Wheatland Riot X The War Speed-Up XI The Postwar Decade (1920-J930) XII The Land Settlements: Delhi and Durham XIII The Great Strikes XIV The Rise of Farm Fascism XV The Drive for Unionization XVI The Trend toward Stabilization XVII The End of a Cycle Bibliography Bibliographical Essay by Douglas C. Sackman Index
Synopsis
This book was the first broad exposeacute; of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California.Factories in the Field--together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck--dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture. McWilliams starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and continues on to examine the experience of the various ethnic groups that have provided labor for California's agricultural industry--Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Armenians--the strikes, and the efforts to organize labor unions, This book was the first broad exposé of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California. Factories in the Field -together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck-dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture. McWilliams starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and continues on to examine the experience of the various ethnic groups that have provided labor for California's agricultural industry-Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Armenians-the strikes, and the efforts to organize labor unions, This book was the first broad exposé of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California. Factories in the Field --together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck--dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture. McWilliams starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and continues on to examine the experience of the various ethnic groups that have provided labor for California's agricultural industry--Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Armenians--the strikes, and the efforts to organize labor unions, This book was the first broad expos of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California. Factories in the Field -together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck-dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture. McWilliams starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and continues on to examine the experience of the various ethnic groups that have provided labor for California's agricultural industry-Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Armenians-the strikes, and the efforts to organize labor unions
LC Classification Number
HD1527.C2 M25 2000
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