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Soft soil, black grapes : the birth of Italian winemaking in California /

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Blending regional, social, and immigration history, Soft Soil, Black Grapes takes us on an original journey into the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cinotto, Simone
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Series:Nation of Nations.
Subjects:
Wine and wine making > California > History.
Wine and wine making > Social aspects > California > History.
Viticulture > California > History.
Italians > California > History.
Italian Americans > California > History.
Vintners > California > History.
Vintners > Italy > Piedmont > History.
Wine and wine making > Italy > Piedmont > History.
California > Ethnic relations > History.
California > Economic conditions.
Viticulture > Californie > Histoire.
Italiens > Californie > Histoire.
Américains d'origine italienne > Californie > Histoire.
Négociants en vins > Californie > Histoire.
Négociants en vins > Italie > Piémont > Histoire.
Californie > Relations interethniques > Histoire.
Californie > Conditions économiques.
COOKING > Beverages > Wine & Spirits.
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Italian Americans
Italians
Vintners
Viticulture
Wine and wine making
Wine and wine making > Social aspects
California
Italy > Piedmont
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Success of Piedmontese Winemakers in California and the "Pavesian Myth"
  • Producing Winescapes : Immigrant Labor on California Land
  • The Culture and Economy of Wine in Piedmont and California
  • One Nation : The Importance of Ethnic Cooperation
  • The Spirit and Social Ethics of Ethnic Entrepreneurship
  • The Ethnic Edge : The Economy of Matrimonial Strategies and Family Culture
  • Between Work and Home : Social Capital, Race, and Paternalism
  • Piedmontese Winemakers and the American System
  • Wine and the Alchemy of Race I : The Social and Cultural Economy of Italian Regionalism
  • Wine and the Alchemy of Race II : Prohibition.