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Inter state : essays from California /

California has been advertised as a destiny manifested for those ready to pull up their bootstraps and head west across to find wealth on the other side of the Sierra Nevada since the 19th century. Across the seven essays in the debut collection by José Vadi, we hear from the descendants of those no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vadi, José (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Soft Skull Press, [2021]
Edition:First Soft Skull edition.
Subjects:
Vadi, José.
California > Civilization > Anecdotes.
California > Description and travel.
Mexican Americans > California > Biography.
Working class > California > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Inter State
  • Getting to Suzy's
  • Standing in the shadows of brands : San Francisco at dawn
  • A California inquiry (or California in flames)
  • Daddy's home
  • Spot check
  • 14 & Jackson
  • Post : an afterworld.