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California: A History [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 416 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 201x133x24 mm, weight: 346 g, MAP; CHAPTER-OPENING PHOTOS
  • Serija: Modern Library Chronicles 23
  • Išleidimo metai: 13-Mar-2007
  • Leidėjas: Modern Library Inc
  • ISBN-10: 081297753X
  • ISBN-13: 9780812977530
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 416 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 201x133x24 mm, weight: 346 g, MAP; CHAPTER-OPENING PHOTOS
  • Serija: Modern Library Chronicles 23
  • Išleidimo metai: 13-Mar-2007
  • Leidėjas: Modern Library Inc
  • ISBN-10: 081297753X
  • ISBN-13: 9780812977530
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
A definitive, single-volume history of the Golden State ranges from the earliest Native American cultures, through the Spanish and Mexican eras, the Gold Rush, and rise of Hollywood, to the twenty-first century, chronicling the events, places, and personalities that have shaped California. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
MAP: The Counties of California vi
PREFACE: A Nation-State ix
CHRONOLOGY xv
1. QUEEN CALAFIA'S ISLAND: Place and First People
3
2. LAWS OF THE INDIES: The Spanish Colonial Era
17
3. A TROUBLED TERRITORY: Mexican California
43
4. STRIKING IT RICH: The Establishment of an American State
71
5. REGULATION, RAILROAD, AND REVOLUTION: Achievement and Turmoil in the New State
101
6. THE HIGHER PROVINCIALISM: American Life in an Emergent Region
131
7. GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Creating the Infrastructure of a Mega-State
165
8. MAKING IT HAPPEN: Labor Through the Great Depression and Beyond
191
9. WAR AND PEACE: Garrison State and Suburban Growth
217
10. O BRAVE NEW WORLD! Seeking Utopia Through Science and Technology 245
11. AN IMAGINED PLACE: Art and Life on the Coast of Dreams 271
12. ECUMENOPOLIS: Forging a World Society 303
13. ARNOLD! Stewardship or Squandered Legacy? 321
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 345
RECOMMENDED READINGS 347
INDEX 357