Power and Control in the Imperial Valley
Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940
Will be published approx. on 22. November 2014
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-62349-197-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Benny Andres analyzes and traces the bi-national competition over the Colorado River, the capitalistic transformation of nature for industrial agriculture, the creation of a racialized, hierarchical agricultural labor force, and the repression of social and labor dissenters.
Benny Andres analyzes and traces the bi-national competition over the Colorado River, the capitalistic transformation of nature for industrial agriculture, the creation of a racialized, hierarchical agricultural labor force, and the repression of social and labor dissenters.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
College Station
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
14 black & white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
548 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62349-197-0 (9781623491970)
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Benny J. Andres Jr. is an assistant professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA. He holds a PhD from the University of New Mexico, USA.