Pacific Eldorado : a history of greater California / / Thomas J. Osborne

• Autore: Osborne Thomas J. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• ISBN: 9781118292167; 1118292162
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807606803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II