Material Dreams

Material Dreams
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Publisher : Americans and the California D
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : 9780195044874
ISBN-13 : 0195044878
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Book Synopsis Material Dreams by : Kevin Starr

Download or read book Material Dreams written by Kevin Starr and published by Americans and the California D. This book was released on 1990 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Starr is the foremost chronicler of the California dream. In Material Dreams, he turns to one of the most vibrant decades in the Golden State's history, the 1920's, when some two million Americans migrated to California, the vast majority settling in or around Los Angeles.


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