The Death of Ramon Gonzalez: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma - Softcover

Wright, Angus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292715668 ISBN 13: 9780292715660

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1992

Synopsis

The Death of Ramon Gonzalez is a blockbuster. In a dramatic, readable story, Wright has provided a new way of looking at the tragic human and environmental consequences of chemical-dependent agriculture. His case study of the Mexican export vegetable industry and of migrant farmworkers shows how what we call 'agricultural development' is really a headlong rush toward ecological catastrophe. His synthesis of the thoughts and experiments of those working for alternatives makes a major new contribution. --Wes Jackson, The Land Institute [Wright's] concern is for the victimized men, women, and children in a beautiful land, living and working in a cloud of toxins of which they have no understanding. If this story has any lasting effect on Mexico's environmental policies, the death of Ramon Gonzalez may prove to have been weightier than the usual statistic. --Audubon . . . competitive in a class with Barry Commoner's The Closing Circle or Rachael Carson's Silent Spring in vividly drawing attention to the destructive, unsustainable logic behind much of modern agricultural practices, particularly in developing countries like Mexico. --Stephen P. Mumme, associate professor of political science, Colorado State University

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Review

From reviews of the first edition: "Angus Wright has shown in a brilliant study [how] the imposition of high-yield agriculture helped to break apart the intimate relationship between cultures and ecosystems that had coevolved over long periods of time." David W. Orr, from Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect "The Death of Ramon Gonzalez is a blockbuster. In a dramatic, readable story, Wright has provided a new way of looking at the tragic human and environmental consequences of chemical-dependent agriculture." Wes Jackson, The Land Institute

About the Author

ANGUS WRIGHT is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292715668
• ISBN 13: 9780292715660
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 359