Tattered Shirts and Ragged Pants: Accommodation, Protest, and the Coarse Culture of California Wheat Harvesters and Threshers, 1866-1900

Between the end of the Gold Rush and the beginning of the 20th-century, wheat harvesters and threshers comprised one of the largest segments of California's agricultural labor force. Street discusses how their experiences help delineate the strains and tensions developing in rural California.

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Published in:Pacific historical review 1998-11, Vol.67 (4), p.573-608
Main Author: Street, Richard Steven
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Crop harvesting
Crops
Culture
Field crop farms
Grains
History
Industrial agriculture
Labor force
Social life & customs
Threshing
Towns
Wagons
Wheat
Workforce
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Summary:Between the end of the Gold Rush and the beginning of the 20th-century, wheat harvesters and threshers comprised one of the largest segments of California's agricultural labor force. Street discusses how their experiences help delineate the strains and tensions developing in rural California.
ISSN:0030-8684
1533-8584
DOI:10.2307/3641187