California : an American history /
California is the most multicultural state in the nation. As John Mack Faragher argues in this concise and lively history, that is nothing new. Covering four centuries and focused on the experiences of all Californians, including Native peoples, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islan...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | California is the most multicultural state in the nation. As John Mack Faragher argues in this concise and lively history, that is nothing new. Covering four centuries and focused on the experiences of all Californians, including Native peoples, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, Faragher tells the stories of a colorful cast of characters, some famous, other mostly unknown, California's diversity often led to conflict, turmoil and violence, but also to invention, improvisation and a struggle for multicultural democracy. |
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| Item Description: | Illustrations on endpapers. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 466 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0300225792 9780300225792 |