The Death of Ramón González: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma
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The Death of Ramón González has become a benchmark book since its publication in 1990. It has been taught in undergraduate and graduate courses in every social science discipline, sustainable and alternative agriculture, environmental studies, ecology, ethnic studies, public health, and Mexican, Latin American, and environmental history. The book has also been used at the University of California-Santa Cruz as a model of interdisciplinary work and at the University of Iowa as a model of fine journalism, and has inspired numerous other books, theses, films, and investigative journalism pieces. This revised edition of The Death of Ramón González updates the science and politics of pesticides and agricultural development. In a new afterword, Angus Wright reconsiders the book's central ideas within the context of globalization, trade liberalization, and NAFTA, showing that in many ways what he called "the modern agricultural dilemma" should now be thought of as a "twenty-first century dilemma" that involves far more than agriculture. Booknews Gonzalez was one of the thousands of farm workers worldwide who die each year due to acute pesticide poisoning, and his death provides the starting place for this study of the medical, environmental, economic, and political consequences of massive pesticide use in Mexico. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Mexico and the Pesticide Crusade1. The Death of Ramón González2. The Road to Culiacán3. Doctors and Bureaucrats4. Going Home5. King Eight Deer, the Plagues, and the Devastation of the Land6. Technology and Conflict7. Consumers, Workers, Growers, and Experts8. Theory and Consequences9. The Modern Agricultural Dilemma10. Points NorthAfterword: The Death of Ramón González and the Twenty-first CenturyReferencesIndex
