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Golden State: The Making Of California
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National BestsellerSuperb. Hiltzik Makes A Compelling Case That California Is The Heartbeat Of Our Nation.Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Bestselling Author Of Silent Spring Revolutionfrom Pulitzer Prize Winner Michael Hiltzik, A Definitive New History Of CaliforniaFrom The Spanish Conquistadors To The Gold Rush To The StateS Meteoric Rise As A Tech Powerhouse And Bulwark Of ProgressivismAnd Of Its Indelible Mark On The United States And The World.California Has Long Reigned As The Land Of Plenty, A Place Where The Sun Always Shines And Opportunity Beckons. Even Prior To Its Statehood In 1850, It Captured The WorldS Imagination. We Think Of Bearded Prospectors Lured By The Promise Of Gold; We Imagine Its Early Embrace Of Immigrant Labor During The Railroad Boom As Prologue To Its Diverse Social Fabric Today. But What Lies Underneath The Myth Is Far More Complicated.Thanks To Extensive Research By Michael Hiltzik, One Of Our Longstanding Voices On California, Golden State Uncovers The Unvarnished Truth About The State We Think We Know Well. From Spanish Incursions Into What Became Known As Alta California To The Rise Of Big Tech, The History Of California Is One Of Stark Contradictions. In Rich, Previously Overlooked Detail, We See Its Earliest Statesmen Wreak Havoc Among Native Peoples While Racing To Draft Their Own Constitution Even Ahead Of Statehood. GoldHungry Settlers Venture Into The Sierra Foothills Only To Leave With Little, While A Handful Of Their Suppliers Turn Themselves Into Millionaire Railroad Magnates. Wars Erupt In The Name Of Water As Los Angeles Booms, And Early Efforts To Tame The Vast Landscape Create A Haven For Fossil Fuel Extraction And Environmental Conservation Alike. Hollywood Politicians Stoke Fear, Contributing To A CenturiesLong Tradition Of AntiAsian Violence, And, Remarkably, Legal Redlining And Free Higher Education Take Root Together.Golden State Brings A Fresh Critical Eye To The Origins Of The State Against Which The Rest Of The Country Measures Itself. From Its Very Start, Hiltzik Shows, The Story Of The United States Was Written In California.
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