lifornia - the Great Exception

Name: lifornia - the Great Exception
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ISBN: 9780520218932

ISBN-10: 0520218930

ISBN-13: 9780520218932

Edition: 1999

Authors: Carey McWilliams, Lewis H. Lapham

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In 1949, lawyer, historian, and journalist Carey McWilliams stepped back to assess the state of California at the end of its first one hundred years--its history, population, politics, agriculture, and social concerns. As he examined the reasons for the prodigious growth and productivity that have characterized California since the Gold Rush, he praised the vitality of the new citizens who had come from all over the world to populate the state in a very short time. But he also made clear how brutally the new Californians dealt with "the Indian problem," the water problem, and the need for migrant labor to facilitate California's massive and highly profitable agricultural industry. As we…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/2/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 391
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Foreword




On Understanding California



California - There she Goes!



The Magic Equation



The Mustang Colt



Mixed Multitudes



California Latifundia



The Mosaic of California's Agriculture



California Labor: Total Engagement



California's Peculiar Institution



Perilous Remedies for Present Evils



The State that Swings and Sways



Industry: The Cultural Approach



The Fabulous Boom



Ladder to the Stars



The One-Legged Giant



The Politics of the Colorado



The Central Valley Project



O Panther of the Splendid Hide!