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Pacific Eldorado : a history of greater California
- Title
- Pacific Eldorado : a history of greater California / Thomas J. Osborne.
- Author
- Osborne, Thomas J., 1942-
- Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. publication, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IXG 13-3019 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 412 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Osborne's work is the first history text to explore the sweep of California's past in relationship to its connections within the maritime world of the Pacific Basin"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Preface 1. Beginnings: From Fire and Ice to Indian Homeland 2. Spain's Greater California Coast 3. A Globally Connected Mexican Province 4. War and Gold: America's West Coast Eldorado 5. National Crisis, Statehood, and Social Change 6. Pacific-bound Rails, Hard Times, and Chinese Exclusion 7. Eldorado's Economic and Cultural Growth 8. Anti-Railroad Politics, Municipal Graft, and Labor Struggles 9. Governor Hiram Johnson and the Progressive Movement 10. Good Times and Bad: The Interwar Years 11. America's Pacific Bulwark: WW II and Its Aftermath 12. Liberalism at High Tide 13. The Conservative Backlash and the Politics of Limits 14. The Ongoing Pacific Shift Appendixes: A Chronology of California History; Governors of California Index .
- Call Number
- IXG 13-3019
- ISBN
- 9781405194549 (hardback)
- 1405194545 (hardback)
- 9781405194532 (paperback)
- 1405194537 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2012031787
- OCLC
- 802319169
- Author
- Osborne, Thomas J., 1942-
- Title
- Pacific Eldorado : a history of greater California / Thomas J. Osborne.
- Publisher
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. publication, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- IXG 13-3019