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OverviewThis 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 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carey McWilliams , Douglas Cazaux SackmanPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Edition: Revised ed. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520224131ISBN 10: 0520224132 Pages: 363 Publication Date: 15 April 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword 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 IndexReviews[McWilliams] nailed the essence of California in a way that has never been duplicated. To a remarkable degree [ California: The Great Exception and Factories in the Field] remain as relevant today as when he wrote them. -- Los Angeles Times """[McWilliams] nailed the essence of California in a way that has never been duplicated. To a remarkable degree [""California: The Great Exception and ""Factories in the Field] remain as relevant today as when he wrote them.""--""Los Angeles Times" Author InformationCarey McWilliams's books include California: The Great Exception (California, 1998), Ill Fares the Land: Migrants & Migratory Labor in the U.S. (1942), Ambrose Bierce: A Biography (1929), Brothers under Skin (1943) and Southern California:An Island on the Land (1946). Douglas C. Sackman teaches history at Oberlin College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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