Pacific Eldorado a history of greater California / Thomas J. Osborne.

Author/creator Osborne, Thomas J., 1942-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Publication, 2013.
Descriptionxxii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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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 .
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012031787
ISBN9781405194549 (hardback)
ISBN9781405194532 (paperback)

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