Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
by Starr, KevinFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1973-05-10
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Written by a native San Franciscan who combines a moving and expressive style with the objective eye of the scholar, Professor Starr's chronicle will appeal to all those who relish American history set forth in vivid detail and enriched with insight.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Prophetic Patterns 1786-1850 | p. 3 |
| Beyond Eldorado | p. 49 |
| City on a Hill | p. 69 |
| A Rapid, Monstrous Maturity | p. 110 |
| Because I Am a Californian"""": The Loyalties of Josiah Royce"""" | p. 142 |
| Sport, Mountaineering, and Life on the Land | p. 172 |
| The Sonoma Finale of Jack London, Rancher | p. 210 |
| Bohemian Shores | p. 239 |
| The City Beautiful and the San Francisco Fair | p. 288 |
| Life Among the Best and Truest | p. 307 |
| Gertrude Atherton, Daughter of the Elite | p. 345 |
| An American Mediterranean | p. 365 |
| Americans and the California Dream | p. 415 |
| Notes | p. 445 |
| Further Sources | p. 460 |
| Index | p. 480 |
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