"Empire Builder is the previously untold story of John D. Spreckels, the pioneer who almost single-handedly built San Diego after creating empires in sugar, shipping, transportation, and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific"
by Stornig, Katharina, Reyes, Raquel A. G., Berghoff, Hartmut, McGetchin, Douglas T., Spiekermann, Uwe, Wendt, Reinhard, Biess, Frank, Strasser, Ulrike, Daum, Andreas W., Küntzel-Witt, Kristina, Mariss, Anne, Matsuda, Matt, Rigotti, Livia, Schmidt, Jürgen, Thomas, Emma, Wu, Shellen
Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than that of other European nations, and whereas its European rivals established themselves as imperial forces beginning in the early modern era, Germany did not ser…
by Stornig, Katharina, Reyes, Raquel A. G., Berghoff, Hartmut, McGetchin, Douglas T., Spiekermann, Uwe, Wendt, Reinhard, Biess, Frank, Strasser, Ulrike, Daum, Andreas W., Küntzel-Witt, Kristina, Mariss, Anne, Matsuda, Matt, Rigotti, Livia, Schmidt, Jürgen, Thomas, Emma, Wu, Shellen
Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than that of other European nations, and whereas its European rivals established themselves as imperial forces beginning in the early modern era, Germany did not ser…