The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California

by Steven Stoll

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The once arid valleys and isolated coastal plains of California are today the center of fruit production in the United States. Steven Stoll explains how a class of capitalist farmers made California the nation's leading producer of fruit and created the first industrial countryside in America. This brilliant portrayal of California from 1880 to 1930 traces the origins, evolution, and implications of the fruit industry while providing a window through...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520211723

ISBN13:9780520211728

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:302 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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