... into the agricultural areas of California in preparation for his strike novel, and went there to observe the squatters` camps near Salinas and Bakersfield. There he gathered materials for `Dubious Battle in California` and a series of seven other articles called `The Harvest Gypsies`, which appeared ... Chapter 11 describes a decaying and deserted house). The other function of the interchapters is the providing of historical information about the development of land ownership in California, the development of migrant labour. We can find a general correspondence between the material of ea...

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