Power and Control in the Imperial Valley: Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940 by Benny J. Andres Jr. (Hardcover, 2014)
Power and Control in the Imperial Valley examines the evolution of irrigated farming in the Imperial-Mexicali Valley, an arid desert straddling the California-Baja California border, bisected by the international boundary line. Benny Andres analyzes and traces the bi-national competition over the Colorado River, the capitalistic transformation of nature for industrial agriculture, the creation of a racialized, hierarchical agricultural labor force, and the repression of social and labor dissenters.
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Texas A&M University Press
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9781623491970
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Benny J. Andres Jr.
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Power and Control in the Imperial Valley: Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940