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Garden of the world : Asian immigrants and the making of agriculture in California's Santa Clara Valley / Cecilia M. Tsu.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199344987 (ebook) :Subject(s): Asian Americans -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- History | Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Ethnic relations | Agriculture -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- History | Fruit trade -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- History | Fruit growers -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199734771DDC classification: 338.108995079473 LOC classification: F868.S25 | T78 2013Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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