Napa at last light, America's Eden in an age of calamity, James Conaway
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Napa at last light, America's Eden in an age of calamity, James Conaway
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eng
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Napa at last light
Oclc number
990006809
Responsibility statement
James Conaway
Sub title
America's Eden in an age of calamity
Summary
Exposes the often shadowy side of the winemaking industry in Napa Valley, where multinational corporations have subsumed old family vineyards and abandoned the agricultural traditions of the region
Table Of Contents
I. This earth is theirs: Master and slave ; White elephants ; The legacy thing -- II. Carrying the defect: Interlude: The velvet rope ; American first-growth ; Hands across the sea ; Orwell's plow -- III. Village and vine: Interlude: Uber ; Bubbly ; Our town ; Alive on arrival -- IV. On Howell Mountain: Interlude: The sanctity of stuff ; Waiting for fire ; Wildlake ; The death of shame -- V. Capell Creek: Interlude: Arise ; The riddled rabbit ; The grandmother tree ; Enocracy -- VI. Water into wine: Interlude: The drip ; The Rutheford Dust Society ; Fifty feet from forever ; Chinatown -- VII. Life in the Anthropocene: Interlude: The plea ; Voices ; 2050 ; Jefferson's ghost ; Wildlake revisited
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America's Eden in an age of calamity
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- Economic history
- Napa Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 21st century
- Napa Valley (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Wine industry + Social aspects -- California -- Napa Valley
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Wine and wine making + Social aspects -- California -- Napa Valley
- Wine industry -- California -- Napa Valley -- History -- 21st century
- History
- California + Napa Valley
- Wine industry
- Social conditions
- 2000-2099
- Wine and wine making + Social aspects
- COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic
- Wine and wine making -- California -- Napa Valley -- History -- 21st century
- Wine industry + Social aspects
- Napa Valley (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Wine and wine making
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- Economic history
- Napa Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 21st century
- Napa Valley (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Wine industry + Social aspects -- California -- Napa Valley
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Wine and wine making + Social aspects -- California -- Napa Valley
- Wine industry -- California -- Napa Valley -- History -- 21st century
- History
- California + Napa Valley
- Wine industry
- Social conditions
- 2000-2099
- Wine and wine making + Social aspects
- COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic
- Wine and wine making -- California -- Napa Valley -- History -- 21st century
- Wine industry + Social aspects
- Napa Valley (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Wine and wine making
- Content1
- Author1
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