Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction 

1 • The World’s Largest Orchard: Valley as Natural Wonder
2 • Prune Pickers and ’Cot Cutters: Valley as Fruit Factory
3 • From Farmland to Metropolis:  Valley as Symbol of Progress
4 • Conclusion

Research Notes 
Notes 
References
Index 

About the Author

Anne Marie Todd is Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Success in the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Communication Studies at San José State University. She is the author of Communicating Environmental Patriotism: A Rhetorical History of the American Environmental Movement.