Sample 1

October

 3,	
 2011	
 

Plenary:

 Worster,	
 D:	
 Hydraulic	
 Society	
 in	
 California	
 

Human

the

the

Love

so

dry

benefit

Development

farming

 area.	
 “Vineyards	
 of	
 California,	
 its	
 orange	
 groves	
 and	
 cotton	
 fields	
 and	
 vast	
 

tomato

 patches,	
 were	
 supported	
 by	
 an	
 elaborate	
 irrigation	
 regime.”(90)	
 

History

 of	
 California	
 and	
 Democracy-­‐“the	
 essence	
 of	
 the	
 industrial	
 life	
 which	
 springs	
 

from

 irrigation	
 is	
 its	
 democracy.”(93)	
 but	
 lately	
 the	
 development	
 of	
 irrigation	
 

showed

like

 democracy	
 in	
 the	
 notion	
 of	
 being	
 tolerant	
 to	
 the	
 environment.	
 	
 

Cheap

 Labor-­‐	
 they	
 secured	
 on	
 their	
 own	
 terms	
 a	
 labor	
 pool	
 large	
 enough	
 to	
 harvest	
 

their

 produce	
 cheaply	
 and,	
 through	
 collective	
 employer	
 strength,	
 they	
 kept	
 those	
 

laborers

 firmly	
 under	
 control.(97)	
 

Domination

with

 taking	
 control	
 of	
 people	
 (being	
 above	
 others).	
 	
 	
 

-­‐

 Intensive	
 Management	
 on	
 water-­‐	
 also	
 known	
 as	
 a	
 hydraulic	
 society.	
 Skillful	
 

Techniques,

 a	
 social	
 order	
 among	
 people	
 and	
 people	
 with	
 water.	
 

Our

 capital-­‐	
 based	
 irrigation	
 societies	
 and	
 the	
 ancient	
 hydraulic	
 power	
 complexes	
 

are

 alike	
 in	
 such	
 ways	
 that	
 capital	
 based	
 irrigation,	
 some	
 have	
 power	
 more	
 than	
 

others

 over	
 water.(90)	
 

Centralization

 and	
 Capture	
 of	
 power-­‐	
 Gathering of social forces make a certain

decision making which is moved to a higher level. In California it is usually the

government or private capitol interests which have power over others.(94)

(More

Hydraulic:

Etymology: < Latin hydraulic-us , < Greek ὑδραυλικ-ός , < ὕδωρ , ὑδρ- water + αὐλός ... (Show More)

A. adj.

1. Pertaining or relating to water (or other liquid) as conveyed through pipes or channels, esp. by mechanical means; belonging to hydraulics.

1661 Humane Industry 37 Birds on the tops of Trees, which by Hydraulic art and secret conveyances of water‥are made to sing. 1729 S. Switzer Hydrost. & Hydraul. 69 Nero Alexandrinus, and other Hydraulick Writers. 1851 Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. 1364 A shaft moved by hydraulic power.

1860 All Year Round 21 Apr. 35 A bale of dry goods‥packed by hydraulic pressure. 1898 Times 22 Aug. 6/3 Hydraulic pressure exerted against the deposits

by what are known as‥‘Monitors’, huge squirts.‥ These huge jets of water

strike against the mass of gravels with a force of many thousand horse-

power.

For

 many	
 years	
 I	
 have	
 lived	
 in	
 Kern	
 County	
 and	
 never	
 once	
 was	
 I	
 asked	
 about	
 

the

 canal	
 also	
 I’ve	
 had	
 a	
 vineyard	
 for	
 many	
 years	
 and	
 never	
 once	
 asked	
 about	
 the	
 

irrigation,

 now	
 broadening	
 my	
 mind	
 and	
 opening	
 my	
 eyes	
 I	
 know	
 the	
 history	
 behind	
 

California’s

 irrigation	
 system.	
 Now	
 when	
 I	
 go	
 back	
 home	
 and	
 see	
 pipes	
 I	
 can	
 always	
 

thing

 of	
 the	
 hydraulic	
 system.