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West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California by Iain Boal Publisher Comments In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, a large portion of the population had become disenchanted with the American way of life that they did not feel they belonged to. While some openly revolted in the streets, others took to turning away from the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love by David Talbot Publisher Comments In a kaleidoscopic narrative, bestselling author David Talbot recounts the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982—and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the citys ultimate rebirth and triumph... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester Staff Pick "If you liked Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, or any of Winchester's other works, you'll like this one. He explains geological ideas well, and is well on his way to being the new ambassador of geology's influence on human history. He places... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development by Stephanie S Pincetl Publisher Comments In Transforming California, Stephanie Pincetl argues that the transformation of nature in order to enhance economic development lies at the heart of much of the state's recent history. She sees late-twentieth-century California on a path of continued... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Southern California: An Island on the Land by Carey Mcwilliams Publisher Comments Packed With Magnificent Material On Southern California's Galaxy of Person- Alities, This Book Provides Insights Into Subjects Ranging From The Origins Hollywood To The Flowering of Inter- National-Style Architecture. and It Does That By Looking At... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis Publisher Comments To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To its detractors, it is "The Big Nowhere." No one has better captured L.A.'s bizarre role as both utopia and dystopia than Davis, the author of this mordantly elegant and wide-ranging work... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge by Kevin Starr Publisher Comments Kevins Starrs Golden Gate is a brilliant and passionate telling of the history of the bridge itself, and a recounting of the rich and peculiar history of the California experience. The Golden Gate is a grand public work, a symbol and a very real bridge,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge by Kevin Starr Publisher Comments Kevins Starrs Golden Gate is a brilliant and passionate telling of the history of the bridge itself, and a recounting of the rich and peculiar history of the California experience. The Golden Gate is a grand public work, a symbol and a very real bridge,... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (P.S.) by Daniel James Brown Publisher Comments In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of emigrants led by George Donner, they reached... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California by Susan Suntree Publisher Comments A history that is equal parts science and mythology, Sacred Sites offers a rare and poetic vision of a world composed of dynamic natural forces and mythic characters. The result is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $25.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream) by Kevin Starr Publisher Comments A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream is an unparalleled work of cultural history. In this volume, Starr covers the crucial postwar... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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King of California : J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire (03 Edition) by Mark Arax Publisher Comments J.G. Boswell is the biggest farmer in America. Over the past fifty years he has built a secret empire while thumbing his nose at nature, politicians, labor unions and every journalist who ever tried to lift the veil on the ultimate "factory in the fields.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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San Diego Impressions by Bill Wechter Publisher Comments There is more to San Diego than one can see on a single visit, but photographer Bill Wechter shows us plenty: a history that includes Native Americans, 16th Century European explorations and later, Spanish settlements, international expositions, and the... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California by Frances Dinkelspiel Publisher Comments Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today. In Frances... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles Book #23) by Kevin Starr Publisher Comments California has always been our Shangri-la-the promised land of countless pilgrims in search of the American Dream. Now the Golden State's premier historian, Kevin Starr, distills the entire sweep of California's history into one splendid volume. From the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Five Fires: Race, Castastrophe, and the Shaping of California by David Wyatt Publisher Comments In this wholly original study, David Wyatt uses the metaphor of fire to tell the story of California. Wyatt focuses this catastrophic history of his native state on five events of social combustion and tangible fire that swept through California... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Postsuburban California: The Transformation of Orange County since World War II by Rob Kling Publisher Comments Neither a city nor a traditional suburb, Orange County, California represents a striking example of a new kind of social formation. This multidisciplinary volume offers a cogent case study of the "postsuburban" phenomenon.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $25.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Orange County Then and Now by Doris I Walker Publisher Comments Orange County, or the OC as it's called by the locals, is California's most populous county, and has been home to many famous faces, including Mickey Mouse, the Beach Boys, and Richard Nixon. "Orange County Then and Now" visits all of the OCUs legendary... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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*racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California (10 Edition) by Daniel Hosang Publisher Comments This book looks beyond the headlines to uncover the controversial history of California's ballot measures over the past fifty years. As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sins of the City: The Real Los Angeles Noir by Jim Heimann Publisher Comments Los Angeles is recognized as much for its history of civic corruption, criminal excess, and common degeneracy as for its glamorous facade. From the days after the First World War to the dawn of the Cold War era, the transition from coarse rural outpost... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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