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Publisher: PediaPress
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Languages : en
Pages : 163

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Author: San Francisco Free Public Library
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 630

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Author: Nick Neely
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640091661
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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National Bestseller: This fascinating account of one man’s 650-mile trek from San Diego to San Francisco captures the many layers of California’s fiendishly complex history. “[Makes] you fall, or refall, in love with California . . . wildfires and insane housing prices and all . . . What a journey, you think. What a state.” —San Francisco Chronicle In 1769, an expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá sketched a route that would become, in part, the famous El Camino Real. It laid the foundation for the Golden State we know today, a place that remains as mythical and captivating as any in the world. Despite having grown up in California, Nick Neely realized how little he knew about its history. So he set off to learn it bodily, with just a backpack and a tent, trekking through stretches of California both lonely and urban. For twelve weeks, following the journal of expedition missionary Father Juan Crespí, Neely kept pace with the ghosts of the Portolá expedition—nearly 250 years later. Weaving natural and human history, Alta California relives Neely’s adventure, while telling a story of Native cultures and the Spanish missions that soon devastated them, and exploring the evolution of California and its landscape. The result is a collage of historical and contemporary California, of lyricism and pedestrian serendipity, and of the biggest issues facing California today—water, agriculture, oil and gas, immigration, and development—all of it one step at a time.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 754

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Author: John F. Burns
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520234116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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The final of four volumes in the 'California History Sesquicentennial Series', this text compiles original essays which treat the consequential role of post-Gold Rush California government, politics and law in the building of a dynamic state with lasting impact to the present day.

Author: Charles F Hohm
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 9780761987130
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE U.K. ADDRESSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.

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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Author: George Henry Tinkham
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019667866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Tinkham's book is an engaging and detailed account of the people and events that shaped California's history during the years 1769-1890. From the Spanish colonization to the Gold Rush to the birth of Hollywood, Tinkham provides insightful commentary and colorful anecdotes that bring California's past to life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Jacobus tenBroek
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520012622
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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During World War II, 110,000 citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were banished from their homes and confined behind barbed wire for two and a half years. This comprehensive work surveys the historical origins, political characteristics, and legal consequences of that calamitous episode. The authors describe the myths and suspicions about Orientals on the West Coast and trace the influence of racial bigotry in the evacuation and in the court cases growing out of it. A theory is advanced to account for the administrative and legal decisions which initiated and concluded this calamity. Finally, the authors analyze the principal constitutional issues involved in the evacuation and their implications for the future.