Garden of the World - Asian Immigrants Making of Agriculture in California s Santa Clara

Garden of the World examines how overlapping waves of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino immigrants fundamentally altered the agricultural economy and landscape of the Santa Clara Valley as well as white residents' ideas about race, gender, and what it meant to be an American family farmer.

About the author

Cecilia M. Tsu is Assistant Professor of HIstory, University of California, Davis

Summary

Garden of the World examines how overlapping waves of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino immigrants fundamentally altered the agricultural economy and landscape of the Santa Clara Valley as well as white residents' ideas about race, gender, and what it meant to be an American family farmer.

Product details

• Authors: Cecilia M. Tsu, Cecilia M. (Assistant Professor of History Tsu, Tsu Cecilia M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2013
• EAN: 9780199734771
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973477-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Amerikanische Geschichte, Industrien und Branchenstudien, Ethnic Studies, California, USA Westen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Business / Economics / Finance, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Black & Asian Studies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General