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A Companion to California History (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.

• Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field
• Essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history
• Essays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text
• Produced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

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Autor

William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of numerous publications including A Companion to the American West (Blackwell, 2004), Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past (2004), and (edited with Greg Hise) Land of Sunshine: The Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles (2005). David Igler is Associate Professor of History at University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 (2001) and co-editor (with Clark Davis) of The Human Tradition in California (2002). He has published articles in the numerous history journals, including the American Historical Review, the Pacific Historical Review, Environmental History, and the Journal of Urban History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444305043
• Artikelnr.: 40025650

Rezensionen

"This volume of original essays by leading scholars is aninnovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture ofCalifornia." (Native American Encyclopedia, 8January 2014)"This is a useful book. For somebody whose training is in history,like me, there is enough substance in each chapter to make itworthwhile.... Like all Blackwell Companions, this volume ispleasant to use and handle." (Reference Reviews, 2009)"A rich harvest of the New California History, grown to ripenessand diversity in the garden planted by Carey McWilliams and KevinStarr."
-Mike Davis, University of California, Irvine

"In tandem with the emergence of California as a nation-state ofglobal importance, the assessment of California - as place,people, society, culture, and history - has gone into WarpSpeed. Nowhere is this more evident than in this brilliant andeminently useful Starship Enterprise of California studies by anelite crew of Next Generation experts."
-Kevin Starr, University of Southern California

"Like the best of California, the engaging essays collected inthis compendium reveal - and revel in - a history ofimmense diversity and astonishing possibility. More than a"companion," these dazzling essays offer a friendly "field guide"to California's past (and an excellent vantage point from which tocontemplate its present and future)."
-Stephen Aron, UCLA and Autry Institute for the Studyof the American West