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An American History
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A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation
“Faragher takes the reader on a captivating journey through myriad twists and turns of California’s multicultural history, enlivened by stories of people who rarely penetrate our traditional state chronicles.”—Carlos E. Cortés, University of California, Riverside
California is the most multicultural state in the nation. As John Mack Faragher argues in this concise and lively history, that is nothing new. California's natural variety has always supported diversity, including Native peoples speaking dozens of distinct languages, Spanish and Mexican colonists, gold seekers from all corners of the globe, and successive migrant waves from the eastern states, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
Beautifully crafted and elegantly written, Faragher tells the stories of a colorful cast of characters, some famous, others mostly unknown, including African American Archy Lee, who sued for his freedom; Sinkyone Indian woman Sally Bell, who survived genocide; and Jewish schoolgirl Marilyn Greene, who spoke up for her Japanese friends after Pearl Harbor. California's multicultural diversity often led to conflict, turmoil, and violence, but also to invention, improvisation, and a struggle for multicultural democracy.
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Outstanding
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Reads like a novel
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Best California History Yet
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Every Californian should read/ listen to this book
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Maybe the goal was to give a focused perspective on racial and economic discrimination to balance out the white-washed history most of us have read. But I would have liked something more. then again, the book would have doubled in length so I will take it as presented. I learned and appreciated the sacrifices of all those who came before us. As busloads of immigrants get shipped in from Texas in our day I can only hope we can do better in the future and present.
How Racial and Economic Discrimination Shaped CA
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Shame on academics who fail to present the whole story in their pursuit of popularity in today’s deranged culture.
This book is awful
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