They saved the crops labor, landscape, and the struggle over industrial farming in Bracero-era California / Don Mitchell.

SeriesGeographies of justice and social transformation ; 10
Geographies of justice and social transformation. ^A1030957
Contents The agribusiness landscape in the "war emergency": the origins of the bracero program and the struggle to control it -- The struggle for a rational farming landscape: worker housing and grower power -- The dream of labor power: fluid labor and the solid landscape -- Organizing the landscape: labor camps, international agreements, and the NFLU -- The persistent landscape: perpetuating crisis in California -- Imperial farming, imperialist landscapes -- Labor process, laboring life -- Operation wetback: preserving the status quo -- RFLOAC: the imbrication of grower control -- Power in the peach bowl: of domination, prevailing wages, and the (never-ending) question of housing -- Dead labor--literally: (another) crisis in the bracero program -- Organizing resistance: swinging at the heart of the bracero program -- The demise of the bracero program: closing the gates of cheap labor? -- The ever-new, ever-same: labor militancy, rationalization, and the post-bracero landscape.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 503-514) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011038378
ISBN9780820341750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0820341754 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820341767 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0820341762 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources ✔ Available