The Death of Ramón González: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma

by Angus Wright

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The Death of Ramón González has become a benchmark book since its publication in 1990. It has been taught in undergraduate and graduate courses in every social science discipline, sustainable and alternative agriculture, environmental studies, ecology, ethnic studies, public health, and Mexican, Latin American, and environmental history. The book has also been used at the University of California-Santa Cruz as a model of interdisciplinary work and at the University of Iowa as a model of fine journalism, and has inspired numerous other books, theses, films, and investigative journalism pieces.

This revised edition of The Death of Ramón González updates the science and politics of pesticides and agricultural development. In a new afterword, Angus Wright reconsiders the book's central ideas within the context of globalization, trade liberalization, and NAFTA, showing that in many ways what he called "the modern agricultural dilemma" should now be thought of as a "twenty-first century dilemma" that involves far more than agriculture.

  • ISBN10 0292786603
  • ISBN13 9780292786608
  • Publish Date 22 July 2010 (first published 1 January 1992)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Texas Press
  • Edition Revised Edition
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Language English