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FIVE FIRES
RACE, CATASTROPHE, AND THE SHAPING OF CALIFORNIA |
| By: |
David Wyatt |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.79 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195127412 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195127416 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1999 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Synopsis: |
In this wholly original study, cultural historian and critic David Wyatt uses the story of fire to tell the story of California. Wyatt focuses this "catastrophic history" of his native state on five events that swept through California, altering its physical and political landscape and the way both were represented in art and literature. Wyatt begins with the accidental importation and spread of the wild oat in the 1770s, a process that had its human counterpart in the Spanish invaders. He then explores the impact of four other significant events: the Gold Rush, the 1906 earthquake and fire, the post-World War II defense-industry boom, and the "fire of race" that erupted in Watts in 1965. This fifth fire, Wyatt claims, has burned all throughout California's history, and he artfully examines its effects on both the Chinese immigration experience and the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II. With an energetic style, Wyatt shows how all of these events were recorded and responded to in the works of the imagination that have shaped our collective understanding of the Golden State, from the writings of Raymond Chandler and Amy Tan, to the photography of Ansel Adams and the films of Roman Polanski. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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Non-returnable |
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