Garden of the world Asian immigrants and the making of agriculture in California's Santa Clara Valley

Nearly a century before it became known as Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Valley was world-renowned for something else: the succulent fruits and vegetables grown in its fertile soil. Virtually all farms were owned by whites, but the soil was largely worked by Asian immigrants. In this book, Cecilia...

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Main Author: Tsu, Cecilia M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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