Elusive Eden
2nd Edition
Published on 1. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-07-047908-1 (ISBN)
Description
"The Elusive Eden" charts the historical development of California, beginning with the evolution of the landscape and climate and the arrival of the first inhabitants, the Indians, through social, political and environmental controversies of the present and the future. The book portrays a land of remarkable richness and complexity, settled by waves of people from diverse cultures. The text is organized chronologically into 10 parts, each developing a major theme or issue for a particular period in California's history. The first chapter of each part is a narrative that spotlights and dramatizes the personal responses of significant individuals at critical moments of historical change. The authors stress issues of current importance such as: ethnic groups, women, environmental history and social and cultural history.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
1050 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-047908-1 (9780070479081)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Prologue: Californians and their history - myths and realities; the natural setting; the native peoples. Part 2 Europeans and Indians - the California experience: Estanislao's rebellion; explorers and Indians; Spanish California. Part 3 The pastoral era: the bear flag revolt; Mexican California, 1821-1848; foreign penetration of California. Part 4 Gold and the americanization of California: Dame Shirley - a Yankee lady in the California mines; the new El Dorado; the 31st state. Part 5 The railroad era: confrontation at Mussel Slough; the coming of the railroad; California's railway era - economic development and social unrest. Part 6 California and the nation, 1880-1920: San Francisco's blind boss; beginning of modern California; progressive California. Part 7 California between the wars, 1920-1949: super sister - Aimee Semple MacPherson in Los Angeles; prosperity and the rise of Souther California; the Depression decade. Part 8 World War II and postwar expansion: a question of loyalty; World War II - the beginning of a new era.