Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913
". . . [Street] has produced a work of monumental scholarship."—Los Angeles Times Book Review"[Street's] meticulous research comes alive with his passionate prose as he documents the march of history from the "bottom up" in the tradition of E.P. Thompson'sThe History of the English Working Class.—California History"InBeasts of the Field, [Street] synthesizes thirty years of research into a compelling and highly readable account written with insight and empathy."—History Workshop Journal"Richard Street's two books offer a new benchmark in the history of agricultural labor, with a perceptive, fascinating Californian focus.  Only 1,283 pages?  I wanted to look and read further."—Anthropology of Work Review