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Autore |
Osborne Thomas J. <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Pacific Eldorado : a history of greater California / / Thomas J. Osborne |
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxii, 412 p. : ill., maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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California History |
California History, Naval |
California Commerce Pacific Area |
Pacific Area Commerce California |
California Relations Pacific Area |
Pacific Area Relations California |
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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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Machine generated contents note: Preface 1. Beginnings: From Fire and Ice to Indian Homeland 2. Spain's Greater California Coast 3. A Globally Connected Mexican Province 4. War and Gold: America's West Coast Eldorado 5. National Crisis, Statehood, and Social Change 6. Pacific-bound Rails, Hard Times, and Chinese Exclusion 7. Eldorado's Economic and Cultural Growth 8. Anti-Railroad Politics, Municipal Graft, and Labor Struggles 9. Governor Hiram Johnson and the Progressive Movement 10. Good Times and Bad: The Interwar Years 11. America's Pacific Bulwark: WW II and Its Aftermath 12. Liberalism at High Tide 13. The Conservative Backlash and the Politics of Limits 14. The Ongoing Pacific Shift Appendixes: A Chronology of California History; Governors of California Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Osborne's work is the first history text to explore the sweep of California's past in relationship to its connections within the maritime world of the Pacific Basin"-- |
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