Author: William F. Swasey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
California
Author: Kevin Starr
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 081297753X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
“A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr’s answer is a combination of great men, great ideas and great projects.”—The Economist From the age of exploration to the age of Arnold, the Golden State’s premier historian distills the entire sweep of California’s history into one splendid volume. Kevin Starr covers it all: Spain’s conquest of the native peoples of California in the early sixteenth century and the chain of missions that helped that country exert control over the upper part of the territory; the discovery of gold in January 1848; the incredible wealth of the Big Four railroad tycoons; the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906; the emergence of Hollywood as the world’s entertainment capital and of Silicon Valley as the center of high-tech research and development; the role of labor, both organized and migrant, in key industries from agriculture to aerospace. In a rapid-fire epic of discovery, innovation, catastrophe, and triumph, Starr gathers together everything that is most important, most fascinating, and most revealing about our greatest state. Praise for California “[A] fast-paced and wide-ranging history . . . [Starr] accomplishes the feat with skill, grace and verve.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Kevin Starr is one of california’s greatest historians, and California is an invaluable contribution to our state’s record and lore.”—MarIa ShrIver, journalist and former First Lady of California “A breeze to read.”—San Francisco
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 081297753X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
“A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr’s answer is a combination of great men, great ideas and great projects.”—The Economist From the age of exploration to the age of Arnold, the Golden State’s premier historian distills the entire sweep of California’s history into one splendid volume. Kevin Starr covers it all: Spain’s conquest of the native peoples of California in the early sixteenth century and the chain of missions that helped that country exert control over the upper part of the territory; the discovery of gold in January 1848; the incredible wealth of the Big Four railroad tycoons; the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906; the emergence of Hollywood as the world’s entertainment capital and of Silicon Valley as the center of high-tech research and development; the role of labor, both organized and migrant, in key industries from agriculture to aerospace. In a rapid-fire epic of discovery, innovation, catastrophe, and triumph, Starr gathers together everything that is most important, most fascinating, and most revealing about our greatest state. Praise for California “[A] fast-paced and wide-ranging history . . . [Starr] accomplishes the feat with skill, grace and verve.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Kevin Starr is one of california’s greatest historians, and California is an invaluable contribution to our state’s record and lore.”—MarIa ShrIver, journalist and former First Lady of California “A breeze to read.”—San Francisco
A Brief History of the University of California
Author: Patricia A. Pelfrey
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520243900
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A reissue of a charming little illustrated volume originally published in 1974 which walks the reader through the highlights of the history of the University of California.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520243900
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A reissue of a charming little illustrated volume originally published in 1974 which walks the reader through the highlights of the history of the University of California.
A Natural History of California
Author: Allan A. Schoenherr
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520909915
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan Schoenherr describes a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of North America. A Natural History of California will familiarize the reader with the climate, rocks, soil, plants and animals in each distinctive region of the state.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520909915
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan Schoenherr describes a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of North America. A Natural History of California will familiarize the reader with the climate, rocks, soil, plants and animals in each distinctive region of the state.
The Early Days of California
Author: Thomas Jefferson Farnham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Early Days and Men of California
Author: William F. Swasey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The Early Days and Men of California 1891
Author: W. F. Swasey
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789353708542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789353708542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
The Early Days of California
Author: Thomas Jefferson Farnham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Early Days in California
Author: Lee Whipple-Haslam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Lee Summers Whipple-Haslam was the daughter of Franklin Summers, who came to California from Missouri in 1850 and mined enough gold at Shaw's Flat (near Sonora) to return east and bring his family west in 1852. Early days in California (1925?) chronicles her life in Shaw's Flat, Sonora, and other Tuolumne County communities, 1852-53; and the family's new home on Turnback Creek in Tuolumne's "East Belt" of minefields, 1854-60. There her mother kept a boardinghouse while her husband prospected, and their guests included Mark Twain. The author reminisces of neighbors at the camp, Native Americans and miners alike. A contemporary reviewer in 1923 commented that the reminiscences were "colored by time and approaching fiction."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Lee Summers Whipple-Haslam was the daughter of Franklin Summers, who came to California from Missouri in 1850 and mined enough gold at Shaw's Flat (near Sonora) to return east and bring his family west in 1852. Early days in California (1925?) chronicles her life in Shaw's Flat, Sonora, and other Tuolumne County communities, 1852-53; and the family's new home on Turnback Creek in Tuolumne's "East Belt" of minefields, 1854-60. There her mother kept a boardinghouse while her husband prospected, and their guests included Mark Twain. The author reminisces of neighbors at the camp, Native Americans and miners alike. A contemporary reviewer in 1923 commented that the reminiscences were "colored by time and approaching fiction."
Natural History of the Islands of California
Author: Allan A. Schoenherr
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520239180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A book on California's islands that deals with their natural history and geology as well as the history of human habitation.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520239180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A book on California's islands that deals with their natural history and geology as well as the history of human habitation.
A History of California
Author: Robert Glass Cleland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
"This volume ... aims to complement the work of Dr. Charles E. Chapman, whose History of California : the Spanish period, has already been published."--Preface
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
"This volume ... aims to complement the work of Dr. Charles E. Chapman, whose History of California : the Spanish period, has already been published."--Preface