California Dreaming

by Ronald A. Wells

Book Overview

California matters, both as a place and as an idea. What famed historian Kevin Starr has called ""the California Dream"" is a vital part of American self-understanding. Just as America was meant to be a place of renewal, even redemption, for Europe, so too California was intended as a place of renewal for America. Therefore, California--place and idea--provides a fertile ground for scholars to think deeply about what it means to articulate ""the promise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532602383
• ISBN13: 9781532602382
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"