Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915, Paperback - Kevin Starr

Reducere. Examining California's formative years, this innovative study seeks to discover the origins of the California dream and the social, psychological, ...

Reducere. DescriptionA narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans ...

Reducere. As Southern California was reimagining leisure and positioning it at the center of the American Dream, African American Californians were working t...

Reducere. As Southern California was reimagining leisure and positioning it at the center of the American Dream, African American Californians were working t...

A penetrating, character-filled history "in the manner of David McCullough" (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics. ...

Reducere. Exploring the destruction of the native Californians, this thorough history discusses the philosophies and language references such as ""Diggers"" ...

Reducere. As America struggles to point its way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can't lose sight of the economic problems that existed before the crisis. Ev...

Publisher: Angel City Press, U.S.Author(s): Stephen WhiteNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 314 x 22Cover type: HardbackRe...

DescriptionThis book presents the case that the origins of American liberty should not be sought in the constitutional-reformist feats of its "stat...

Reducere. This sweeping history explores the growing Latino presence in the United States over the past two hundred years. It also debunks common myths about...

Reducere. In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically diffe...

Reducere. Hollywood. Silicon Valley. The cities, beaches and redwoods. An enlightening look at the Sunshine State, people, history, and culture! California i...

Reducere. DescriptionA world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel McKay expressed her genius through her celebrated baskets, her Dreams, her...

DescriptionThe only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a...

Reducere. BEGINNING WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of Indian Valley, Pat continues with descriptions of Mountain Maidu life upon the arrival of white men ...

Why did Donald Trump follow Barack Obama into the White House? Why is America so polarized? And how does American exceptionalism explain these soci...

Reducere. A clearly written narrative for anyone interested in Native American studies.Long before the first European explorers set foot on Florida soil, num...

Reducere. DescriptionCovering more than one hundred years of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico tr...

Reducere. Finally, a guide to interpreting dreams and intuitive symbols that anyone can use Whether you've worked with dreams and symbolism all your life or ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions...

Reducere. "The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair"

The 13, 000-acre Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area, named after Indiana's first state forester, is the state's only federally designated wilderness a...

Reducere. In college, I started on a journey that would see me filing bankruptcy at age 30. I did not understand finances and was not taught in school. In ad...

Reducere. Description"Thoughtfully conceived and very well written, this is essential somm reading."--The Somm Journal "This is the most important wine book ...

Taking a novel anthropological approach to the issue of white ethnicity in the United States, this book challenges the model of uniform ethnic fami...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Natasha WarikooIllustration(s): 4 tablesNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Examines the threads connecting South and West America during the slaveholding era, and that undermined the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevi...

Reducere. If you want to discover the influential and captivating history of California, then read on...California's transformation into the most populous st...

Reducere. If you want to discover the influential and captivating history of California, then read on...California's transformation into the most populous st...

Reducere. Sustainable Jobs is chock full of practical tools to rapidly accelerate your job search. It includes tips and suggestions from 26 of the top Sustai...

Reducere. A hard-drinking former hitwoman agrees to help catch a killer -- though the murderer might just be her. Candace Starr likes to think of herself as ...