{"product_id":"beasts-of-the-field-richard-steven-street-9780804738804","title":"Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history--the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the development of California agriculture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStreet has systematically worked his way through a mountain of archival materials--more than 500 manuscript collections, scattered in 22 states, including Spain and Mexico--to follow the farmworker story from its beginnings on Spanish missions into the second decade of the twentieth century. The result is a comprehensive tour de force. Scene by scene, the epic narrative clarifies and breathes new life into a controversial and instructive saga long surrounded by myth, conjecture, and scholarly neglect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its panoramic view spanning 144 years and moving from the US-Mexico border to Oregon, \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Field\u003c\/i\u003e reveals diverse patterns of life and labor in the fields that varied among different crops, regions, time periods, and racial and ethic groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnormous in scope, packed with surprising twists and turns, and devastating in impact, this compelling, revelatory work of American social history will inform generations to come of the history of California and the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Steven Street\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804738807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804738804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.06w x 2.13d","brand":"Richard Steven Street","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045674774783,"sku":"9780804738804","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75536b3f-33c3-4870-ab2c-6cc487fca7cf.jpg?v=1684980080","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beasts-of-the-field-richard-steven-street-9780804738804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}