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Soft soil, black grapes : the birth of Italian winemaking in California
- Title
- Soft soil, black grapes : the birth of Italian winemaking in California / Simone Cinotto ; [translated from the Italian by Michelle Tarnopolski].
- Author
- Cinotto, Simone.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 267 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Blending regional, social, and immigration history, Soft Soil, Black Grapes takes us on an original journey into the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine.
- Series Statement
- Nation of newcomers
- Uniform Title
- Terra soffice, uva nera. English
- Nation of newcomers.
- Alternative Title
- Terra soffice, uva nera.
- Subjects
- Italian Americans > California > History
- Wine and wine making > Social aspects > California > History
- Vintners > California > History
- Wine and wine making > California > History
- Wine and wine making > Italy > Piedmont > History
- California > Economic conditions
- Viticulture > California > History
- California > Ethnic relations > History
- Vintners > Italy > Piedmont > History
- Italians > California > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-260) and index.
- Contents
- The Success of Italian Winemakers in California and the "Pavesian Myth" -- Producing Winescapes : Immigrant Labor on California Land -- The Culture and Economy of Wine in Italy and California -- One Nation : The Importance of Ethnic Cooperation -- The Spirit and Social Ethics of Ethnic Entrepreneurship -- The Ethnic Edge : The Economy of Matrimonial Strategies and Family Culture -- White Labor and Happy Families : Race, Social Capital, and Paternalism -- Italian Winemakers and the American System -- Wine and the Alchemy of Race I : The Social and Cultural Economy of Italian Regionalism -- Wine and the Alchemy of Race II : Prohibition -- Conclusion : Work, Social Capital, and Race in the Experience of Italian Winemakers in California.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-6614
- ISBN
- 9780814717387 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0814717381 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 9780814717394 (ebook)
- 081471739X (ebook)
- 9780814790311 (ebook)
- 0814790313 (ebook)
- LCCN
- 2012016870
- 40021618523
- OCLC
- 793973703
- Author
- Cinotto, Simone.
- Title
- Soft soil, black grapes : the birth of Italian winemaking in California / Simone Cinotto ; [translated from the Italian by Michelle Tarnopolski].
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2012.
- Series
- Nation of newcomersNation of newcomers.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-260) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40021618523
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-6614