Dark Sweat, White Gold - California Farm Workers, Cotton, and the New Deal

Informationen zum Autor Devra Weber is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California! Riverside. Klappentext "Belongs on the same shelf as Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and McWilliams' Factories in the Field ."—David Montejano, University of Texas Zusammenfassung In this analysis of the shaping of California's agricultural work force, the author shows how the cultural background of Mexican and, later, Anglo-American workers, combined with the structure of capitalist cotton production and New Deal politics, forging a new form of labour relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations and Maps  Acknowledgments  Introduction  1. "We are producing a product to sell ... ": The Business of Cotton  2. Sin Fronteras: Mexican Workers  3. "As the faulting of the earth ... ": The Strike of 1933  4. The Mixed Promise of the New Deal  5. New Migrants in the Fields  6. New Deal Relief Policies, Local Organizing, and Electoral Battles  7. End of a Hope: The Strikes of 1938 and 1939  8. "Down the valleys wild ... ": Conclusion  Appendix A: Tables  Appendix B: Proposal of the Associated Farmers  Notes  Bibliography  Index

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• Authors: Devra Weber, Weber Devra
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.1996
• EAN: 9780520207103
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20710-3
• No. of pages: 344
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