Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950
- ISBN-10
- 0195168976
- ISBN-13
- 9780195168976
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-09-11
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Kevin Starr
Description
This volume deals with the years of World War II and after. In the 1940s California changed from a regional centre into the dominant economic, social and cultural force it has been in America ever since.
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