AMST 101gmw Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Californio, Wage Labour, Scientific Management
3 Dec 2015
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Land markets changed: value of land rose dramatically during the gold rush, california constitution of 1849provided for substantial taxing of land - calfornios not accustomed to it, californios required to prove land ownership in court. Mexican american in the 9 th century: disposession - california, tejano, hispano landownership was transferred to euro. American settlers through a series of legal and economic challenges. Labor market in late 19th century: agribusiness corporations sought an agricultural wage labor force tp harvest large quantities of crops, rrs were some of the first and most wealthy corporations in the us. Sought low wage workers to do harmful and hazardous jobs. After chinese exclusion act 1882, mexican labor became favorable. Rise of agribusiness ( id in the midterm) Refers to corporations buying lands from small land owners and that they were gonna do the factory based agro western revolution.
