Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era (Americans and the California dream)

Starr, Kevin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195034899 ISBN 13: 9780195034899

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, USA, 1986

RO60112982. INVENTING THE DREAM, California Through the Progressive Era. 1985. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 380 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans le texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Reseña del editor:

This second volume in Kevin Starr's passionate and ambitious cultural history of the Golden State focuses on the turn-of-the-century years and the emergence of Southern California as a regional culture in its own right. "How hauntingly beautiful, how replete with lost possibilities, seems that Southern California of two and three generations ago, now that a dramatically diferent society has emerged in its place," writes Starr.

As he recreates the "lost California," Starr examines the rich variety of elements that figured in the growth of the Southern California way of life: the Spanish/Mexican roots, the fertile land, the Mediterranean-like climate, the special styles in architecture, the rise of Hollywood. He ives us a broad array of engaging (and often eccentric) characters: from Harrision Gray Otis to Helen Hunt Jackson to Cecil B. DeMille. Whether discussing the growth of winemaking or the burgeoning of reform movements, Starr keeps his central theme in sharp focus: how Californians defined their identity to themselves and to the nation.

"A delightful and extremely thorough chronicle of a state that is almost a mythical kingdom."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"An excellent book...vividly written, thoroughly researched, rich in details and alive with interesting, and sometimes incredible people."--Los Angeles Times