Benny J. Andres Power and Control in the Imperial Valley: Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940 9781623494636

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Автор: Benny J. Andres
Название: Power and Control in the Imperial Valley: Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940
ISBN: 9781623494636
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Региональная и национальная история

История Америк

Питание и общество

ISBN-10: 162349463X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 288
Вес: 0.36 кг.
Дата издания: 30.04.2016
Серия: Connecting the greater west series
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 14 black & white photographs
Размер: 234 x 158 x 15
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Regional & national history,History of the Americas,Food & society
Подзаголовок: Nature, agribusiness, and workers on the california borderland, 1900-1940
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: 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, the valley drew American investors determined to harness the nearby Colorado River to irrigate a million acres on both sides of the border. The conquest of the environment was a central theme in the history of the valley. Colonization in the valley began with the construction of a sixty-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River in California through Mexico. Initially, Mexico held authority over water delivery until settlers persuaded Congress to construct the All-American Canal. Control over land and water formed the basis of commercial agriculture and in turn enabled growers to use the state to procure inexpensive, plentiful immigrant workers.
Дополнительное описание: General and world history|Cultural studies: food and society|History of the Americas

Power and Control in the Imperial Valley: Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940, Benny J. Andres