Participant Info
- First Name
- Julia
- Last Name
- Ornelas-Higdon
- Country
- United States
- State
- CA
- julia.ornelas-higdon@csuci.edu
- Affiliation
- California State University, Channel Islands
- Website URL
- https://ciapps.csuci.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBiography/Details/336
- Keywords
- California history, U.S. West, race, immigration, wine, viticulture, agriculture, labor
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Dr. Julia Ornelas-Higdon is an Associate Professor of History at California State University, Channel Islands. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of race, agriculture, and labor histories, and she is a past recipient of a Faculty Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her book, The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769-1920, explores California’s 19th century wine industry as a site of conquest and racialization.
- Recent Publications
The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769-1920 (University of Nebraska Press, 2023).
“What’s in a Bottle? Conquest and the Origins of California Wine,” Perspectives on History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, 61:9, December 2023.
“Agricultural Citizenship and the German Winemakers of Los Angeles County, 1853-1891,” Pacific Historical Review, 89:3, 465-499.
“Deeply Rooted: Immigrants and the Hidden Histories of California’s Wine Industry” Boom California, Fall 2020.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Migration & Immigration, Race, Rural & Agrarian History
