Southern California: An Island on the Land Paperback - 1980 - 9th Edition
by Carey McWilliams
First line
REALISTIC observers of their northern province, the Spaniards always spoke of "The Californias"-Baja California and Alta California; Lower California and Upper California; New California and Old California.
From the rear cover
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 rainmaker.
Carey McWilliams provides insights into many subjects, ranging from the origins of Hollywood to the flowering of International Style architecture in Los Angeles.
This book was originally published in 1946. This reprint edition has been continuously in print from Gibbs Smith, Publisher since 1973.
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- Title Southern California: An Island on the Land
- Author Carey McWilliams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 9th
- Edition 9
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Gibbs Smith, Layton, Utah, U.S.A.
- Date March 15, 1980
- ISBN 9780879050078 / 0879050071
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects California, Southern - Description and travel, California, Southern - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 73077787
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.949
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