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The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s

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Book Description
The late 1930s and early 1940s introduced to California culture some of the features that still characterize it today, at least in the view of outsiders to the Golden State: surfing, drive-in movie theaters, barbecues, motels, polo shirts, and recreational vehicles. The period brought equally enduring but less superficial changes, too: advances and setbacks alike in race relations, resource manage... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (9 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages496
ISBN-100195157974
ISBN-13978-0195157970
Publication Date11/28/2002
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About Kevin Starr (Author) : Kevin Starr is a published author. Some of the published credits of Kevin Starr include The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s (Americans and the California Dream), The Dream Endures: Californ... more
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