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Strawberry Fields: Politics, Class, and Work in California Agriculture (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) [Paperback]

Miriam J. Wells (Author)

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Paperback: 339 pages
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr (July 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801482798
ISBN-13: 978-0801482793
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
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This book is fantastic! It took me Back to my childhood on the central coast of California. This is a must read... G.L. Detwiler

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I spent well over a decade studying class relations in California's central coast strawberry industry. Read the first page

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central coast strawberry industry, coast berry growers, berry acreage, central coast growers, three microregions, berry workers, agricultural unionization, lettuce crews, labor process change, wage labor process, grower population, pesticide use reports, labor market regime, strawberry producers, class leverage, farm labor market, farm advisers, processing berries, harvest disruptions, independent shippers, strawberry growers, green carders, strawberry production, workplace justice, ranch committees

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Salinas Valley, United States, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Border Patrol, San Francisco, University of California, Legal Conflict, Alien Land Laws, San Diego, San Joaquin Valley, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Photo Jack Kelly Clark, Department of Labor, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Sun Harvest, California Strawberry Advisory Board, Fresh Pict, Marshall Ganz, New Deal, Processing Strawberry Advisory Board, Strawbernj Fields, Third World, Agricultural Statistics

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