About this title: Widely recognized as the best non-fiction book written about Southern California for the period 1920s through the 1940s. Southern California: An Island on the Land is packed with fascinating material on the region and its galaxy of personalities--from Helen Hunt Jackson to Aimee Semple McPherson, from Huntington the financier to Hatfield the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Peregrine Smith
Date Published: 1980-03-15
ISBN-13:9780879050078ISBN:0879050071
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Edition: 9th edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780879050078ISBN:0879050071
Description: New. Widely recognized as the best non-fiction book written about Southern California for the period 1920s through the 1940s. Southern California: An Island on the Land is packed with fascinating material on the region and its galaxy of personalities--fr... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Date Published: 1994-08-01
ISBN-13:9780879050078ISBN:0879050071
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780879050078ISBN:0879050071
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"Finally read the whole book after having read the last two chapters for an Urban History course in university. While we only read two chapters in this book, we also used most of the other references McWilliams refers to, so I recommend those as well. Great perspective on the creation of Southern California, it's cultural isolation, and why it's followed by the world. Most interesting was that many of the problems discussed in the book, originally published in the 40's, is that they are still the same concerns for SoCal today; immigration, wealth descrepancies, man vs the envirionment, 'dirty' politicians. Perhaps it's time for SoCal to be a bit more introspective...but then again, per McWilliams, that's not something people do there. I recommend this book to anyone intersted in US, California, or LA history as this book helps you to understand all of the above better. This is not, however, a 'yay' California book - it's a straight forward analysis of the region from almost an East Coast perspective. Which means, if you live in SoCal, this book can either give you enlightenment, make you love it more, or make you wonder what you're not getting."
"Excellent story of Southern California from the mission days to the 1940s, entertaining and informative. Carey McWilliams was a major participant in that history from the 1920s on, perhaps best known for his role in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial. A must-read."
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