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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.
The beauty of the California landscape is integral to its place in the imagination of generations of people around the world. In this book, geographer Don Mitchell looks at the human costs associated with this famous scenery. Through an account of the labour 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 of migrant workers, focusing on migratory labour and agribusiness before World War ... Read more
The beauty of the California landscape is integral to its place in the imagination of generations of people around the world. In this book, geographer Don Mitchell looks at the human costs associated with this famous scenery. Through an account of the labour 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 of migrant workers, focusing on migratory labour and agribusiness before World War ... Read more
Product 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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