false 2659465 1 Part Two Of Two Parts <P>The emergence of California as a regional civilization in the late nineteenth century was far more than a dramatic and colorful chapter in American history. Probing the inner experience of California's formative years, Starr blends fact and historical vision with striking metaphor to re-create the nature of the California dream and reveal its significance as a social, psychological and symbolic enterprise. Commemorative in approach, this totally engaging work shows how the land and the people interacted to form a distinct and fascinating culture. While dramatizing the debate over what California was and what it should be, Starr also exposes the fallacies and contradictions inherent in the dream itself. All the ferment of the state's history is presented here as the citizens themselves lived through it. 2684688 10 5 1973 Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 (Americans & the California Dream) total:3|5:2|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 3 14 13 3 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 4 0 false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 17:23:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 18:53:29 -0800 2009 This is the first in a series of books Kevin Starr has written on California over the past 30-odd years. Given that these are often dredged up by modern policy-makers and political pundits, I was surprised to discover that this first one is predominately a literary history. It's mainly a serie...more...]]> 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 5 0 false Mon Feb 02 18:10:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 11:09:00 -0800 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Mon Sep 22 22:09:20 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 22:11:00 -0700 2008 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Sun Nov 22 18:40:50 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 18:40:50 -0800 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Sun Nov 22 05:03:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 05:03:28 -0800 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 5 0 false Sat Nov 14 05:31:53 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 05:31:53 -0800 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Sat Aug 22 14:21:24 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:21:24 -0700 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Sat May 02 09:37:34 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 09:40:47 -0700 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Thu Feb 19 23:57:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 23:57:01 -0800 2009 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Thu Jun 12 18:47:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 18:47:24 -0700 2008 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Tue Mar 18 11:55:35 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 11:55:35 -0700 2008 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Tue Mar 04 16:27:56 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 16:27:56 -0800 2008 2659465 0195016440 9780195016444 3 3 4.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2659465.Americans_and_the_California_Dream_1850_1915 0 0 false Fri Jan 25 13:12:27 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 19 22:05:22 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2659465