Factories In The Field: The Story Of Migratory Farm Labor In California (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing) Mcwilliams, Carey

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this important Depression era investigation of migrant agriculture labor and the industrialization of farming in California by the esteemed mid 20th century author and journalist Carey McWilliams. Published in the same year as John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" -- McWilliams's study arguably presents a broader and deeper portrait of the plight migrant workers and the era's exploitive structure of agricultural ownership and operation. Inscribed by Carey McWilliams to a previous owner, a U.S. District Attorney and legal scholar (who McWilliams promotes to "judge") on the front endpaper. Cloth, 334 pages. No dust jacket. The book has tanning of the page edges and a bit of foxing on the covers.