{"product_id":"beasts-of-the-field-9780804738804","title":"Beasts of the Field","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\". . . [Street] has produced a work of monumental scholarship.\"—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[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 \u003ci\u003eThe History of the English Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e.—\u003ci\u003eCalifornia History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Field\u003c\/i\u003e, [Street] synthesizes thirty years of research into a compelling and highly readable account written with insight and empathy.\"—\u003ci\u003eHistory Workshop Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"—\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Work Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405538599255,"sku":"9780804738804","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804738804.jpg?v=1730492771","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beasts-of-the-field-9780804738804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}