California : an American history / John Mack Faragher.
2022
BAY AREA BOOKS
On loan from Popular Reading, due 12. Mar 2024
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Title
California : an American history / John Mack Faragher.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Description
ix, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Formatted Contents Note
A state of diversity
Little countries
Big white birds
China ships
Extending the Spanish domain
The wanderer
What happened to my chickens?
Undersea people
The liberal cause
Members of a single family
We are free
Viva California libre
Wicked foreigners
Yankee Doodle in Monterey
Overland to California
We must be conquerors
The horrors of war
Gold from the American river
A white republic
Popular justice
My little sister's heart in my hands
I'll never be carried into slavery
Bohemian days
The terrible seventies
The cow counties
A cosmopolitan city
The remedy is more democracy
Bounty of the mountains
Invisible walls of steel
Human rights and home rule
The man with the hoe
End poverty in California
Unite to win
Make no small plan for California
Rebels and forerunners
A cyclone in a wind tunnel
A complicated ecosystem
The impossible dream
E pluribus unum
The first step.
Little countries
Big white birds
China ships
Extending the Spanish domain
The wanderer
What happened to my chickens?
Undersea people
The liberal cause
Members of a single family
We are free
Viva California libre
Wicked foreigners
Yankee Doodle in Monterey
Overland to California
We must be conquerors
The horrors of war
Gold from the American river
A white republic
Popular justice
My little sister's heart in my hands
I'll never be carried into slavery
Bohemian days
The terrible seventies
The cow counties
A cosmopolitan city
The remedy is more democracy
Bounty of the mountains
Invisible walls of steel
Human rights and home rule
The man with the hoe
End poverty in California
Unite to win
Make no small plan for California
Rebels and forerunners
A cyclone in a wind tunnel
A complicated ecosystem
The impossible dream
E pluribus unum
The first step.
Summary
"California is the most multicultural state in the nation. As John Mack Faragher argues in this concise and lively history, that is nothing new. California's natural variety has always supported diversity, including Native peoples speaking dozens of distinct languages, Spanish and Mexican colonists, gold seekers from all corners of the globe, and successive migrant waves from the eastern states, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Beautifully crafted and elegantly written, Faragher tells the stories of a colorful cast of characters, some famous, others mostly unknown, including African American Archy Lee, who sued for his freedom; Sinkyone Indian woman Sally Bell, who survived genocide; and Jewish schoolgirl Marilyn Greene, who spoke up for her Japanese friends after Pearl Harbor. California's multicultural diversity often led to conflict, turmoil, and violence, but also to invention, improvisation, and a struggle for multicultural democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Includes index.
Call Number
BAY AREA BOOKS
Language
English
ISBN
9780300225792 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0300225792
0300225792
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