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Pacific Eldorado [[electronic resource] ] : a history of greater California / / Thomas J. Osborne



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Autore: Osborne Thomas J. <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Pacific Eldorado [[electronic resource] ] : a history of greater California / / Thomas J. Osborne Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Descrizione fisica: xxii, 412 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina: 979.4
Soggetto geografico: California History
California History, Naval
California Commerce Pacific Area
Pacific Area Commerce California
California Relations Pacific Area
Pacific Area Relations California
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
Titolo autorizzato: Pacific Eldorado  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9781118292167
1118292162
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910796077303321
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