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Book 2013

Garden of the world

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Language
English
Published
2013
  • Asian Americans
  • Fruit trade
  • Fruit growers
  • Agriculture
  • Ethnic relations
  • History

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.