Description
Book SynopsisThis is a definitive account of one of the most complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history - the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the development of California agriculture. Using more than 500 manuscript collections, the author spans 144 years of agricultural history.
Trade Review". . . [Street] has produced a work of monumental scholarship."—
Los Angeles Times Book Review"[Street's] meticulous research comes alive with his passionate prose as he documents the march of history from the "bottom up" in the tradition of E.P. Thompson's
The History of the English Working Class.—
California History"In
Beasts of the Field, [Street] synthesizes thirty years of research into a compelling and highly readable account written with insight and empathy."—
History Workshop Journal"Richard Street's two books offer a new benchmark in the history of agricultural labor, with a perceptive, fascinating Californian focus. Only 1,283 pages? I wanted to look and read further."—
Anthropology of Work Review
