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Author:

Andr©♭s, Benny J., Jr., author.

Title:

Power and control in the Imperial Valley : nature, agribusiness, and workers on the California borderland, 1900-1940 / Benny J. Andr©♭s Jr. ; with a foreword by Sterling Evans.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Irrigation farming--Economic aspects--Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico)
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico)--Economic conditions.
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico)--Social conditions.
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico)--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- "Subjugating" the Colorado River -- Colonizing the desert -- Racial agribusiness -- Racial labor -- The gospel of labor rebellion -- Conclusion -- Afterword.

Series:

Connecting the greater west series

ISBN:

162349219X (ebook)
9781623492199 (ebook)
1623491975 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781623491970 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)880808840

LCCN:

2014019851

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)