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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
Published New York, New York : New York University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Series Nation of newcomers
Nation of newcomers.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 29, 2016)
Subject Wine and wine making -- California -- History
Wine and wine making -- Social aspects -- California -- History
Viticulture -- California -- History
Italians -- California -- History
Italian Americans -- California -- History
Vintners -- California -- History
Vintners -- Italy -- Piedmont -- History
Wine and wine making -- Italy -- Piedmont -- History
COOKING -- Beverages -- Wine & Spirits.
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Italian Americans
Italians
Vintners
Viticulture
Wine and wine making
Wine and wine making -- Social aspects
SUBJECT California -- Ethnic relations -- History
California -- Economic conditions
Subject California
Italy -- Piedmont
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Tarnopolski, Michelle, translator
ISBN 9780814717394
081471739X
9780814790311
0814790313
Other Titles Terra soffice uva nera. English