Material Dreams : Southern California Through the 1920s by Kevin Starr - 1990

Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Oxford University Press, 1990-04-12. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, 1990-04-11. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.Minor wear to page edges and corners. Dust Jacket included and in fair condition. Hardcover.Cover clean.Binding tight.

Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1990. Hardcover. Kevin Starr is the foremost chronicler of the California dream and indeed one of the finest narrative historians writing today on any subject. The first two installments of his monumental cultural history, Americans and the California Dream, have been hailed as mature, well-proportioned and marvelously diverse (and diverting) (The New York Times Book Review) and rich in details and alive with interesting, and sometimes incredible people (Los Angeles Times). Now, in Material Dreams, Starr turns to one of the most vibrant decades in the Golden State's history, the 1920s, when some two million Americans migrated to California, the vast majority settling in or around Los Angeles. In a lively and eminently readable narrative, Starr reveals how Los Angeles arose almost defiantly on a site lacking many of the advantages required for urban development, creating itself out of sheer will, the Great Gatsby of American cities. He describes how William Ellsworth… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. hardcover. good/good. Illus. 453pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, (1990).<br/><br/> Dust wrapper, cloth, and many bottom margins, all lightly dampstained.<br/><br/>

New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. hardcover. very good(+)/near fine. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 453 pages. 8vo, orange cloth backed boards, d.w. (toned). New York: Oxford University Press, (1990). Several pages towards rear are bent, some shelf wear. Very good(+) in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>