Strangers on Familiar Soil: Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection

by Edward Dallam Melillo

Book Overview

A wide-ranging exploration of the diverse historical connections between Chile and California

This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California and the country of Chile. The book begins in 1786, when a French expedition brought the potato from Chile to California, and it concludes with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's diplomatic visit to the Golden State in 2008. During...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300230702
• ISBN13: 9780300230703
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"