Endangered Dreams - The Great Depression in California

Zusatztext Starr describes the radicals brilliantly ... His description of the 1934 San Francisco maritime strike is one of the best ever written Informationen zum Autor Kevin Starr is State Librarian of California, contributing editor of the Los Angeles Times, and a member of the faculty at the University of Southern California. He is the author of a number of books, including Americans and the California Dream, Inventing the Dream, and Material Dreams. He lives in San Francisco. Klappentext In capturing the the powerful forces that swept the state of California in the 1930s, Kevin Starr weaves an insightful analysis into his narrative fabric. Out of a shattered decade of economic and social dislocation, he constructs a coherent whole and a mirror for understanding our own time. 50 photos. Zusammenfassung In Endangered Dreams! Kevin Starr paints a portrait of California during the Great Depression that is both detailed and panoramic! offering a vivid look at the personalities and events that shaped a decade of explosive tension. Out of a shattered decade of economic and social dislocation! he constructs a coherent whole and a mirror for understanding our own time.

Product details

• Authors: K. Starr, Kevin Starr, Kevin (Adjunct Professor of History Starr, Starr Kevin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780195118025
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511802-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Americans and the California D; Americans California Dream Series; Americans California Dream Series; Americans and the California D
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History; USA, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)