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Material Dreams

Author : Kevin Starr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019507260X
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Material Dreams written by Kevin Starr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Material Dreams, Starr turns to one of the most vibrant decades in the Golden State's history, the 1920s, when some two million Americans migrated to California, the vast majority settling in or around Los Angeles. Although he treats readers to intriguing side trips to Santa Barbara and Pasadena, Starr focuses here mainly on Los Angeles, revealing how this major city arose almost defiantly on a site lacking many of the advantages required for urban development, creating itself out of sheer will, the Great Gatsby of American cities. He describes how William Ellsworth Smyth, the Peter the Hermit of the Irrigation Crusade, propounded the importance of water in Southern California's future, and how such figures as the self-educated, Irish engineer William Mulholland (who built the main aquaducts to Los Angeles) and George Chaffey (who diverted the Colorado River, transforming desert into the lush Imperial Valley) brought life-supporting water to the arid South. He examines the discovery of oil ("Yes it's oil, oil, oil / that makes LA boil," went the official drinking song of the Uplifters Club), the boosters and land developers, the evangelists (such as Bob Shuler, the Methodist Savanarola of Los Angeles, and Aimee Semple McPherson), and countless other colorful figures of the period. There are also fascinating sections on the city's architecture (such as the remarkably innovative Bradbury Building and its eccentric, neophyte designer, George Wyman), the impact of the automobile on city planning, the great antiquarian book collections, the Hollywood film community, and much more. By the end of the decade, Los Angeles had tripled in population and become the fifth largest city in the nation. In Material Dreams, Kevin Starr captures this explosive growth in a narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose.

Handbook of the Indians of California

Author : Alfred Louis Kroeber
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486233685
Total Pages : 1124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the Indians of California written by Alfred Louis Kroeber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major ethnographic work by a distinguished anthropologist contains detailed information on the social structures, homes, foods, crafts, religious beliefs, and folkways of California's diverse tribes

California

Author : John Steven McGroarty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
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Download or read book California written by John Steven McGroarty and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colleges That Change Lives

Author : Loren Pope
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101221348
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Colleges That Change Lives written by Loren Pope and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include: Evaluations of each school's program and "personality" Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans Information on the progress of graduates This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning disabilities, and single-sex education.

Report of the California State Agricultural Society

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the California State Agricultural Society written by California State Agricultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Penal Code of California

Author : California
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penal Code of California written by California and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of Frank

Author : CAConrad
Publisher : Wave Books
ISBN 13 : 1933517492
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Frank written by CAConrad and published by Wave Books. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait equal parts hope and cruelty, this searing, compelling book is an enduring fan favorite by Philadelphia-based poet CAConrad.

The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California, Adopted March 11th, 1872, and Amended in 1880

Author : California
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
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Download or read book The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California, Adopted March 11th, 1872, and Amended in 1880 written by California and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biennial Report of the Department of Engineering of the State of California ...

Author : California. Dept. of Engineering
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Biennial Report of the Department of Engineering of the State of California ... written by California. Dept. of Engineering and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library Literacy Program

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Library Literacy Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Thirty-sixth Session of the Legislature, 1905 ...: Civil code

Author : California
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Thirty-sixth Session of the Legislature, 1905 ...: Civil code written by California and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 2488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

California Digest

Author : Augustus Loring Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 902 pages
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Download or read book California Digest written by Augustus Loring Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Introduction to California Chaparral

Author : Ronald D. Quinn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052093900X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to California Chaparral written by Ronald D. Quinn and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-09-20 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The characteristic look of California Chaparral—a soft bluish-green blanket of vegetation gently covering the hills—is known to millions who have seen it as the backdrop in movies and television productions. This complex ecological community of plants and animals is not just a feature of the hills around Hollywood, but is a quintessential part of the entire California landscape. It is a highly resilient community adapted to life with recurring fires and droughts. Written for a wide audience, this concise, engaging, and beautifully illustrated book describes an ancient and exquisitely balanced environment home to wondrous organisms: Fire Beetles that mate only on burning branches, lizards that shoot blood from their eyes when threatened, Kangaroo Rats that never drink water, and seeds that germinate only after a fire, even if that means waiting in the soil for a 100 years or more. Useful both as a field guide and an introductory overview of the ecology of chaparral, it also provides a better understanding of how we might live in harmony, safety, and appreciation of this unique ecological community. * Identifies chaparral’s common plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects * Features 79 color illustrations, 56 black-and-white photographs, and 3 maps * Examines the role of humans and fire in chaparral, covering the placement and design of homes, landscaping, and public policy

Report of the Board of Bank Commissioners of the State of California

Author : California. Board of Bank Commissioners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Board of Bank Commissioners of the State of California written by California. Board of Bank Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

City of Inmates

Author : Kelly Lytle Hernández
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469631199
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book City of Inmates written by Kelly Lytle Hernández and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. This book explains how the City of Angels became the capital city of the world's leading incarcerator. Marshaling more than two centuries of evidence, historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez unmasks how histories of native elimination, immigrant exclusion, and black disappearance drove the rise of incarceration in Los Angeles. In this telling, which spans from the Spanish colonial era to the outbreak of the 1965 Watts Rebellion, Hernandez documents the persistent historical bond between the racial fantasies of conquest, namely its settler colonial form, and the eliminatory capacities of incarceration. But City of Inmates is also a chronicle of resilience and rebellion, documenting how targeted peoples and communities have always fought back. They busted out of jail, forced Supreme Court rulings, advanced revolution across bars and borders, and, as in the summer of 1965, set fire to the belly of the city. With these acts those who fought the rise of incarceration in Los Angeles altered the course of history in the city, the borderlands, and beyond. This book recounts how the dynamics of conquest met deep reservoirs of rebellion as Los Angeles became the City of Inmates, the nation's carceral core. It is a story that is far from over.

California Men and Events

Author : George Henry Tinkham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Men and Events written by George Henry Tinkham and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing more terrifying than fighting for your life is fighting for someone else's. Bodyguard and ex-Special Forces soldier Charlie Fox would do anything to take her mind off her partner; shot, left for dead and now lying in a coma. So concentrating on a new assignment seems like the perfect way to escape the pain, and her own empty apartment. The job: to protect the naive daughter of an investment banker from a gang of kidnappers who prey on the children of the wealthy Long Island set.--From front book jacket flap.

Hollywood's Lost Backlot

Author : Steven Bingen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149303362X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood's Lost Backlot written by Steven Bingen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood is a transitory place. Stars and studios rise and fall. Genres and careers wax and wane. Movies and movie moguls and movie makers and movie palaces are acclaimed and patronized and loved and beloved, and then forgotten. And yet… And yet one place in Southern California, built in the 1920s by (allegedly murdered) producer Thomas Ince, acquired by Cecil B. DeMille, now occupied by Amazon.com, has been the home for hundreds of the most iconic and legendary films and television shows in the world for a remarkable and star-studded fifty years. This bizarre, magical place was the location for Tara in Gone with The Wind, the home of King Kong and Superman, of Tarzan and Batman, of the Green Hornet, of Elliot Ness, of Barney Fife, of Tarzan, of Rebecca, of Citizen Kane, of Hogan’s Heroes and Gomer Pyle, of Lasse, of A Star is Born and Star Trek, and at least twice, of Jesus Christ. For decades, every conceivable star in Hollywood, from Clark Gable to Warren Beatty, worked and loved and gave indelible performances on the site. And yet, today, it is completely forgotten. Pretty much anyone alive today, from college professors to longshoremen, have probably heard of Paramount and of MGM, of Warner Bros. and of Universal, and of Disney and Fox and Columbia, but the place where many of these studio’s beloved classics were minted is today as mysterious and unknowable as the sphinx. Hollywood’s Lost Backlot: 40 Acres of Glamour and Mystery will, for the first time ever, unwind the colorful and convoluted threads that make for the tale of one of the most influential and photographed places in the world. A place which most have visited, at least on screen, and which has contributed significantly and unexpectedly to the world’s popular culture, and yet which few people today, paradoxically, have ever heard of.