Dairy industrialization in the first place: Urbanization, immigration, and political economy in Los Angeles County, 1920-1970

Rural Sociology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-490

  Gilbert, Jess ^a   Wehr, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IMMIGRATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348226266     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2003.tb00147.x     Document Type: Article

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