| Portion of title |
California homesteaders and the making of a dubious dream |
| Contents |
Not much else beside -- A country of plantations and estates -- Instant relics -- Hard-bitten country -- Violent paradise -- Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley -- Mexican lands in Mexican hands -- Floods and utopias -- Taming the California desert -- Imperial Valley dreams -- Crashing the orange gates -- Exacting lives in the breadbasket -- The rarified Bay Area -- Among the trees of the North Coast -- Under the shadow of Mount Lassen -- Conclusion: Remembering homesteading -- Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year. |
| Abstract |
"Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of homesteaders in California, both those who succeeded and those who did not"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020024000 |
| ISBN | 9781496213211 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
