California: a history

by Starr, Kevin

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Title Statements

Full title :California : a history / Kevin Starr.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Modern Library
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 370 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:081297753X, 9780812977530
oclc:ocn754878083
LC Classification:F861
Dewey Decimal:979.4

Queen Calafia's Island: Place and first people. -- Laws of the Indies: The Spanish Colonial era. -- A troubled territory: Mexican California. -- Striking it rich: The establishment of an American state. -- Regulation, railroad, and revolution: Achievement and turmoil in the new state. -- The higher provincialism: American life in an emergent region. -- Great expectations: Creating the infra-structure of a mega-state. -- Making it happen: Labor through the Great Depression and beyond. -- War and peace: Garrison state and suburban growth. -- O brave new world!: Seeking utopia through science and technology. -- An imagined place: Art and life on the coast of dreams. -- Ecumenopolis: Forging a world society. -- Arnold!: Stewardship or squandered legacy?