Vineyards and Vaqueros: Indian Labor and the Economic Expansion of Southern California, 1771-1877 Volume 1

by George Harwood Phillips and Phillips

Book Overview

Indian labor was vital to the early economic development of the Los Angeles region. This first volume in the new series Before Gold: California under Spain and Mexico explores for the first time Native contributions to early Southern California.

Opening with a survey of the economic dimension of traditional southern California Indian cultures, Phillips then examines the origins and collapse of the missions, the emergence and expansion of the pueblo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806167459
• ISBN13: 9780806167459
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"