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Title:
ENDANGERED DREAMS
THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN CALIFORNIA
By:
Kevin Starr
Format:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0195118022
ISBN 13:
9780195118025
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Publisher:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
Pub. date:
13 November, 1997
Series:
Americans California Dream Series
Pages:
432
Description:
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.
Synopsis:
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.
Illustrations:
50 halftones
Publication:
US
Imprint:
Oxford University Press Inc
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