Power and control in the Imperial Valley : nature, agribusiness, and workers on the California borderland, 1900-1940 /

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"Power and Control in the Imperial Valley examines the evolution of irrigated farming in the Imperial-Mexicali Valley, an arid desert straddling the California-Baja California border. Bisected by the international boundary line, the valley drew American investors determined to harness the nearb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andrés, Benny J., Jr (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Connecting the greater west series.
Temas:
Irrigation farming > Economic aspects > Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Economic history.
Irrigation farming > Economic aspects.
Race relations.
Social conditions.
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) > Economic conditions.
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) > Social conditions.
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) > Race relations.
Impériale, Vallée (Calif. et Mexique) > Conditions économiques.
Impériale, Vallée (Calif. et Mexique) > Conditions sociales.
Impériale, Vallée (Calif. et Mexique) > Relations raciales.
North America > Imperial Valley.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "Subjugating" the Colorado River
  • Colonizing the desert
  • Racial agribusiness
  • Racial labor
  • The gospel of labor rebellion
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword.

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