California: a history
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Main Author: Starr, Kevin 1940-2017 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Modern Library 2007
Edition:41/FX 181605aperback ed.
Series:Modern library chronicles 23
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-356) and index
Queen Calafia's Island: Place and first people. -- Laws of the Indies: The Spanish Colonial era. -- A troubled territory: Mexican California. -- Striking it rich: The establishment of an American state. -- Regulation, railroad, and revolution: Achievement and turmoil in the new state. -- The higher provincialism: American life in an emergent region. -- Great expectations: Creating the infra-structure of a mega-state. -- Making it happen: Labor through the Great Depression and beyond. -- War and peace: Garrison state and suburban growth. -- O brave new world!: Seeking utopia through science and technology. -- An imagined place: Art and life on the coast of dreams. -- Ecumenopolis: Forging a world society. -- Arnold!: Stewardship or squandered legacy?
Physical Description:XXV, 370 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 21 cm
ISBN:9780812977530
081297753X

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