A Literary History of Southern California. Franklin Walker
Author : Franklin Dickerson Walker
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
Release : 1950
Category :
ISBN :
A Literary History of Southern California
Author : Franklin Walker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0520347803
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.
A Literary History of Southern California
Author : Franklin Dickerson Walker
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 1950
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Book Description
Among the indigenous themes that emerged are the contrast between the Spanish and the Yankee ways of doing things, the displacement of the Spanish Californian, and the mistreatment of the Mission Indians." Dust jacket.
Sunset Limited
Author : Richard J. Orsi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520251644
Book Description
The only major US railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific played a major role in the shaping of the West & the development of southern California in particular. 'Sunset Limited' explores the corporate strategy over time to reveal how the company saw its place in the world.
The End of American Innocence
Author : Henry Farnham May
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 1992
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780231096539
Book Description
An historical account of the political and intellectual atmosphere of the USA in the early 20th century, which contends that the old order was being challenged and altered long before World War I. The study examines the ideas and literature of the periods before and after the War.
The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles
Author : Kevin R. McNamara
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139825402
Book Description
Los Angeles has a tantalizing hold on the American imagination. Its self-magnifying myths encompass Hollywood glamour, Arcadian landscapes, and endless summer, but also the apocalyptic undertow of riots, environmental depredation, and natural disaster. This Companion traces the evolution of Los Angeles as the most public staging of the American Dream - and American nightmares. The expert contributors make exciting, innovative connections among the authors and texts inspired by the city, covering the early Spanish settlers, African American writers, the British and German expatriates of the 1930s and 1940s, Latino, and Asian LA literature. The genres discussed include crime novels, science fiction, Hollywood novels, literary responses to urban rebellion, the poetry scene, nature writing, and the most influential non-fiction accounts of the region. Diverse, vibrant, and challenging as the city itself, this Companion is the definitive guide to LA in literature.
A Literary History of the American West
Author : Western Literature Association (U.S.)
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 30,75 MB
Release : 1987
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9780875650210
Book Description
Literary histories, of course, do not have a reason for being unless there exists the literature itself. This volume, perhaps more than others of its kind, is an expression of appreciation for the talented and dedicated literary artists who ignored the odds, avoided temptations to write for popularity or prestige, and chose to write honestly about the American West, believing that experiences long knowns to be of historical importance are also experiences that need and deserve a literature of importance.
California
Author : Andrew Rolle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1118701143
Book Description
The eighth edition of California: A History covers the entire scope of the history of the Golden State, from before first contact with Europeans through the present; an accessible and compelling narrative that comprises the stories of the many diverse peoples who have called, and currently do call, California home. Explores the latest developments relating to California’s immigration, energy, environment, and transportation concerns Features concise chapters and a narrative approach along with numerous maps, photographs, and new graphic features to facilitate student comprehension Offers illuminating insights into the significant events and people that shaped the lengthy and complex history of a state that has become synonymous with the American dream Includes discussion of recent – and uniquely Californian – social trends connecting Hollywood, social media, and Silicon Valley – and most recently "Silicon Beach"
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Author : Kevin Starr
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 1986-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0195042336
Book Description
Series statement from author's Material dreams. Bibliography: p. 460-479.
The American West and Its Interpreters
Author : Richard W. Etulain
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2023-05
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 0826364454
Book Description
Distinguished historian Richard W. Etulain brings together a generous selection of essays from his sixty-year career as a specialist on the US West in this essential volume. Each essay provides an invaluable overview of the rise of western literary history and historiography--including insightful evaluations of individual historians--revealing summaries of regional literature and discussions of western stories yet to be told. Together these writings furnish readers with useful considerations of important subjects about the American West. All those interested in the American West and its interpreters will find these illuminative moments of literary history and historiography especially appealing.
