Fruit, Fiber, and Fire A History of Modern Agriculture in New Mexico by William R Carleton

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Fruit, Fiber, and Fire A History of Modern Agriculture in New Mexico by William R Carleton | 1.61 MB
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Title: Fruit, Fiber, and Fire
Author: William R. Carleton
Year: 2021​



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For much of the twentieth century, modernization did not simply radiate from cities into the hinterlands; rather, the broad project of modernity, and resistance to it, has often originated in farm fields, at agricultural festivals, and in agrarian stories. In New Mexico no crops have defined the people and their landscape in the industrial era more than apples, cotton, and chiles. In Fruit, Fiber, and Fire William R. Carleton explores the industrialization of apples, cotton, and chiles to show how agriculture has affected the culture of twentieth-century New Mexico. The physical origins, the shifting cultural meanings, and the environmental and market requirements of these three iconic plants all broadly point to the convergence in New Mexico of larger regions-the Mexican North, the American Northeast, and the American South-and the convergence of diverse regional attitudes toward industry in agriculture. Through the local stories that represent...

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