Matt Garcia

Matt Garcia

Matthew J. Garcia is Professor of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies & History at Dartmouth College. He is the author of A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900–1970 (2002), From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement (2014), and a co-editor of Food Across Borders (2017). He can be found on Twitter @mattjgarcia68.

Interviews with Matt Garcia

The best books on Food Studies, recommended by Matt Garcia

Matt Garcia, Professor of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies & History at Dartmouth College, discusses the production of primary foods in the United States and globally—a field that has often been ignored by historians and by society. He recommends five books to learn more about food studies, with particular attention to agricultural workers, often among the most marginalized and least protected members of the US labor force.

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