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Lie Of The Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape
Don Mitchell
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Description for Lie Of The Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
A hard-hitting look at the story behind California's famous scenery.
The beauty of the California landscape is integral to its place in the imagination of generations of people around the world. In The Lie of the Land, geographer Don Mitchell looks at the human costs associated with this famous scenery. Through an account of the labor history of the state, Mitchell examines the material and ideological struggles over living and working conditions that played a large part in the construction of the contemporary California landscape.
The Lie of the Land examines the way the California landscape was built on the backs ... Read moreMitchell has written a narrative history that describes the intimate connection between landscape representations and the material form of geography. The Lie of the Land places people squarely in the middle of the landscapes they inhabit, shedding light on the complex and seemingly contradictory interactions between progressive state agents, radical workers, and California growers as they seek to remake the land in their own image. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816626939
SKU
V9780816626939
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About Don Mitchell
Don Mitchell is assistant professor of geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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