Vineyards and Vaqueros

Download or read book Vineyards and Vaqueros written by George Harwood Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian labor was vital to the early economic development of the Los Angeles region. This volume explores for the first time Native contributions to early Southern California. Based on exhaustive research, Phillips's account focuses on California Indians more as workers than as victims. He describes the work they performed and how their relations evolved with the missionaries, settlers, and rancheros who employed them. Phillips emphasizes the importance of Indian labor in shaping the economic history of what is now Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties.