{"product_id":"in-the-struggle-9781613321225","title":"In the Struggle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA call to action in an ongoing battle against industrial agriculture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the early twentieth century and across generations to the present, \u003ci\u003eIn the Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the stories of eight politically engaged scholars, documenting their opposition to industrial-scale agribusiness in California. As the narrative unfolds, their previously censored and suppressed research, together with personal accounts of intimidation and subterfuge, is introduced into the public arena for the first time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e lays out historic, subterranean confrontations over water rights, labor organizing, and the corruption of democratic principles and public institutions. As California’s rural economy increasingly consolidates into the hands of land barons and corporations, the scholars’ work shifts from analyzing problems and formulating research methods to organizing resistance and building community power. Throughout their engagement, they face intense political blowback as powerful economic interests work to pollute and undermine scientific inquiry and the civic purposes of public universities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe findings and the pressure put upon the work of these scholars—Paul Taylor, Ernesto Galarza, and Isao Fujimoto among them—are a damning indictment of the greed and corruption that flourish under industrial-scale agriculture. After almost a century of empirical evidence and published research, a definitive finding becomes clear: land consolidation and economic monopoly are fundamentally detrimental to democracy and the well-being of rural societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel J. O'Connell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291950362875,"sku":"9781613321225","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_001226ec-df2c-4cd5-829b-0ce3d98f4e6d.jpg?v=1771587171","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/in-the-struggle-9781613321225","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}