Wilted
Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry
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2019
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30528-1 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30528-1 (ISBN)
Strawberries are big business in California. They are the sixth‑highest‑grossing crop in the state, which produces 88 percent of the nation’s favorite berry. Yet the industry is often criticized for its backbreaking labor conditions and dependence on highly toxic soil fumigants used to control fungal pathogens and other soilborne pests.
In Wilted, Julie Guthman tells the story of how the strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit’s production system. The particular conditions of plants, soils, chemicals, climate, and laboring bodies that once made strawberry production so lucrative in the Golden State have now changed and become a set of related threats that jeopardize the future of the industry.
In Wilted, Julie Guthman tells the story of how the strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit’s production system. The particular conditions of plants, soils, chemicals, climate, and laboring bodies that once made strawberry production so lucrative in the Golden State have now changed and become a set of related threats that jeopardize the future of the industry.
Julie Guthman is a geographer and Distinguished Professor in Sociology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her previous books include Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Battle against Methyl Iodide
1 • California Strawberry Assemblages
2 • Emergent Pathogens
3 • Curiously Bred Plants and Proprietary Institutions
4 • Chemical Solutions and Regulatory Pushback
5 • Soiled Advantages and Highly Valued Land
6 • Scarce Labor and Disposable Bodies
7 • Precarious Repairs and Growing Pathologies
8 • Imperfect Alternatives and Tenuous Futures
Conclusion: The Problem with the Solution
Notes
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics ; 6 |
| Zusatzinfo | 21 b-w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-30528-0 / 0520305280 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-30528-1 / 9780520305281 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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