| Cultivating California Revised Edition Contributor(s): Vaught, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801871123 ISBN-13: 9780801871122 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: In Cultivating California, David Vaught shows how fruit and nut growers were neither industrialists nor agrarians. From the very outset, he explains, these "horticulturists" saw themselves as guardians of California's unique culture--raising crops for market while self-consciously building healthy and prosperous communities. Every grower was not, in fact, like every other, Vaught argues, whether one examines their labor systems, recruiting methods, harvest needs, marketing strategies, farm size, or their relationships with their communities, unions, and the state. The hard work, foresight, and devotion to detail required to nurture an orchard or vineyard made them, they insisted, cultivators of a better society. Over time, however, labor relations, market imperatives, and changing political conditions undermined the growers' horticultural ideal. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 338.109 |
| Series: Revisiting Rural America |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.06" W x 9.02" (1.00 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - California |
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| Publisher Description: In Cultivating California, David Vaught shows how fruit and nut growers were neither industrialists nor agrarians. From the very outset, he explains, these "horticulturists" saw themselves as guardians of California's unique culture-raising crops for market while self-consciously building healthy and prosperous communities. Every grower was not, in fact, like every other, Vaught argues, whether one examines their labor systems, recruiting methods, harvest needs, marketing strategies, farm size, or their relationships with their communities, unions, and the state. The hard work, foresight, and devotion to detail required to nurture an orchard or vineyard made them, they insisted, cultivators of a better society. Over time, however, labor relations, market imperatives, and changing political conditions undermined the growers' horticultural ideal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vaught, David: - David Vaught is department head and professor of history at Texas A&M University. His four books include After the Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley and Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920, both published by Johns Hopkins. |
