Power and Control in the Imperial Valley

Nature, Agribusiness, and Workers on the California Borderland, 1900-1940

Benny J. Andrés (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2016
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-62349-463-6 (ISBN)

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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, the valley drew American investors determined to harness the nearby Colorado River to irrigate a million acres on both sides of the border. The ""conquest"" of the environment was a central theme in the history of the valley.

Colonization in the valley began with the construction of a sixty-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River in California through Mexico. Initially, Mexico held authority over water delivery until settlers persuaded Congress to construct the All-American Canal. Control over land and water formed the basis of commercial agriculture and in turn enabled growers to use the state to procure inexpensive, plentiful immigrant workers.

Benny Andrés is an associate professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA. He holds a PhD from the University of New Mexico.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Connecting the Greater West Series
Zusatzinfo	14 black & white photographs
Verlagsort	College Station
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 233 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-62349-463-X / 162349463X
ISBN-13	978-1-62349-463-6 / 9781623494636
Zustand	Neuware