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Sides Josh <1972-> |
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Titolo |
Backcountry Ghosts : California Homesteaders and the Making of a Dubious Dream / / Josh Sides |
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Lincoln, NE : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2021] |
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©[2021] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ranchers |
Pioneers |
Land tenure |
Land settlement |
Homestead law |
Frontier and pioneer life |
Farmers |
California - Rural conditions |
Frontier and pioneer life - California |
Homestead law - California - History |
Land tenure - California - History |
Farmers - California |
Ranchers - California |
Pioneers - California |
Land settlement - California - History |
Local history |
History |
Biographies. |
California |
California History, Local |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Not much else beside -- A country of plantations and estates -- Instant relics -- Hard-bitten country -- Violent paradise -- Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley -- Mexican lands in Mexican hands -- Floods and utopias -- Taming the California desert -- Imperial Valley dreams -- Crashing the orange gates -- Exacting lives in the breadbasket -- The rarified Bay Area -- Among the trees of the North Coast -- Under the shadow of Mount Lassen -- Conclusion: Remembering homesteading -- Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of homesteaders in California, both those who succeeded and those who did not"-- |
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