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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 Tsu tells the overlooked and intertwined histories of the land of the Santa Clara Valley and the Asian immigrants who cultivated it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199875962 0199875960 9780199344987 0199344981 |