Lie Of The Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape
By Don Mitchell.
Description
The beauty of the California landscape is integral to its place in the imagination of generations of people around the world. In this book, geographer Don Mitchell looks at the human costs associated with this famous scenery. Through an account of the labour history of the state, Mitchell examines the material and ideological struggles over living and working conditions that played a large part in the construction of the contemporary California landscape. "The lie of the land" examines the way the California landscape was built on the backs of migrant workers, focusing on migrator...
ISBN(s)
0816626936, 9780816626939
