The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman tell the sweeping story of J.G. Boswell and the cotton growers who moved from the South to California after the boll weevil. Alongside the rise of a major agricultural enterprise, the book explores migration, labor, and the social forces that helped shape California.
About This Book
This book examines J.G. Boswell and the development of a powerful agricultural enterprise in California.
It follows cotton growers who left the South after the boll weevil devastated their farms.
Their migration brought Black farmhands to California and transformed the region’s agricultural and social landscape.
More than a business story, the book presents a sweeping account of cotton, labor, migration, and power in America.
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