Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950–1963
A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream is an unparalleled work of cultural history. In this new volume, Starr covers the crucial postwar period--1950 to 1963--when the California we know today first burst into prominence. In a powerful blend of telling events, colorful personalities, and insightful analyses, he brilliantly illuminates the dominant economic, social, and cultural forces in California in these pivotal years.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9780199924301
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- California historyPostwar AmericaCultural history
Awards
Other awarded books from Kevin Starr
- Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915
- Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California
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