California dreaming : society and culture in the Golden State /
California matters, both as a place and as an idea. What famed historian Kevin Starr has called "the California Dream" is a vital part of American self-understanding. Just as America was meant to be a place of renewal, even redemption, for Europe, so too California was intended as a place...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Or. :
Wipf and Stock Publishers,
[2017]
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| Summary: | California matters, both as a place and as an idea. What famed historian Kevin Starr has called "the California Dream" is a vital part of American self-understanding. Just as America was meant to be a place of renewal, even redemption, for Europe, so too California was intended as a place of renewal for America. Therefore, California, place and idea, provides a fertile ground for scholars to think deeply about what it means to articulate ""the promise of American life." |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 149 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781532602382 1532602383 9781532602405 1532602405 9781532602399 1532602391 |