The conquest of bread : 150 years of agribusiness in California

＜図書＞
The conquest of bread : 150 years of agribusiness in California

責任表示	Richard A. Walker
データ種別	図書
出版情報	New York : The New Press , 2004
本文言語	英語
大きさ	xii, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
概要	For over a century, California has been the world's most advanced agricultural zone, an agrarian juggernaut that not only outproduces every state in America, but also most countries. A full one-third ...f 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, acclaimed geographer Richard Walker offers a wide-angle overview of the agro-industrial system of production in California, from farm to table. He lays bare the long evolution of each link in the food chain, showing how a persistent emphasis on productivity and growth allowed California to outpace developments elsewhere in the United States. Full of thunder and surprises, The Conquest of Bread allows the reader to weigh the claims of both boosters and critics in the debate over the most extraordinary agricultural profusion in the modern world. Book jacket.続きを見る

一般注記	Includes bibliographical references and index
著者標目	*Walker, Richard, 1947-
件　名	LCSH:Agricultural industries -- California -- History 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- California 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Agricultural industries -- Environmental aspects -- California 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Agricultural industries -- Social aspects -- California 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Agricultural laborers -- California -- History 全ての件名で検索
分　類	LCC:HD9007.C2 DC22:338.1/09794
書誌ID	1001157622
ISBN	1565848772
NCID	BA6887355X
巻冊次	ISBN:1565848772
登録日	2009.09.17
更新日	2009.09.17