The Conquest of Bread
150 Years of Agribusiness in California
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Word Count
95,500 words, Guess
Page Count
382 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8666842M
- ISBN-139781565848771
- ISBN-101565848772
- OCLC Control Number54529581
- Library of Congress Control Number2004042631
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- Goodreads1032467
- LibraryThing230416
Classifications
- LCCHD9007.C2 W35 2004
Description
"For over a century, California has been the world's most advanced agricultural zone, an agrarian juggernaut that not only out-produces every state in America, but also most countries. A full one-third of the food Americans eat is produced on a California farm. But California's success has come at significant cost. Never a family-farm region like the Midwest, California's landscape and Mediterranean climate have been manipulated and exploited to serve a modern business system. Home to gargantuan accomplishments, including the world's largest water storage and transfer network, California also relies on an army of Mexican farm laborers who live and work under dismal conditions." "In The Conquest of Bread, geographer Richard Walker offers a wide-angle overview of the agro-industrial system of production in California, from farm to table."--BOOK JACKET.
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