Fruit, fiber, and fire : a history of modern agriculture in new mexico / William R. Carleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carleton, William R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peppers--New Mexico--History--20th century.

Peppers.

Cotton--New Mexico--History--20th century.

Cotton.

Apples--New Mexico--History--20th century.

Apples.

Agriculture--New Mexico--History--20th century.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Summary:

Fruit, Fiber, and Fire explores the industrialization of apples, cotton, and chile to illustrate how agriculture has spurred migrations of plants and people and in turn shaped the culture of twentieth-century New Mexico.

Contents:

Part 1. Apples

Before There Were Aliens, There Were Apples: Myths, Moths, and Modernity in New Mexico's Early Commercial Orchards

Patent Lies, the "People's Business," and the Modern Core of Northern New Mexico Agriculture, 1940-

Part 2. Cotton

The Shifting Subjects of a Southwest King: Cotton, Agricultural Industrialization, and Migrations in the Interwar New Mexico Borderlands

Diversification, Paternalism, and the Transnational Threads of Cotton in Southern New Mexico: The Industrial Ideal at Work at Stahmann Farms, 1926-

Part 3. Chile

Crossing Chiles, Crossing Borders: Dr. Fabián García, the New Mexican Chile Pepper, and Modernity in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

The Evolution of a Modern Pod: The Industrial Chile and Its Storytellers in New Mexico.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496226969

1496226968

9781496216168

1496216164

OCLC:

1243444221