Du Bry, Travis, 1968-

Immigrants, settlers, and laborers the socioeconomic transformation of a farming community / [electronic resource] : Travis du Bry. - New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2007. - ix, 245 p. : ill., maps. - The new Americans . - New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.

Contexts, theories and hypotheses: an introduction -- Welcome to Mecca: the social history of a community -- Agribusiness is a business: the development of agriculture in California and the Coachella Valley -- "S es posible:" farm laborers and social mobility -- More than meets the eye: socioeconomic complexity in Mecca -- Conflicts, cohesion and participation: the development of community -- Bienvenidos a Mecca -- References cited -- Index.


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Immigrants--California--Coachella Valley.
Agriculture--Social aspects--United States.


Coachella Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions.


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JV6926.C63 / D83 2007eb

338.109794/98

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