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Author Cinotto, Simone, author.

Title Soft soil, black grapes : the birth of Italian winemaking in California / Simone Cinotto ; translated from the Italia by Michelle Tarnopolski.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
text file
Series Nation of newcomers
Nation of newcomers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary From Ernest and Julio Gallo to Francis Ford Coppola, Italians have shaped the history of California wine. In this account of the ethnic origins of California wine, Simone Cinotto rewrites a century-old triumphalist story.
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.
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Subject Wine and wine making -- California -- History.
Wine and wine making.
California.
History.
Wine and wine making -- Social aspects -- California -- History.
Wine and wine making -- Social aspects.
Viticulture -- California -- History.
Viticulture.
Italians -- California -- History.
Italians.
Italian Americans -- California -- History.
Italian Americans.
Vintners -- California -- History.
Vintners.
Vintners -- Italy -- Piedmont -- History.
Italy -- Piedmont.
Wine and wine making -- Italy -- Piedmont -- History.
California -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Ethnic relations.
California -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Tarnopolski, Michelle, translator.
Added Title Terra soffice, uva nera. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012033085
Other Form: Print version : 9780814717387
ISBN 9780814717394 (ebook)
081471739X
9780814790311
0814790313
9780814717387
0814717381
Standard No. 40021618523