Gathered in this volume are seven newspaper articles on migrant farm workers that John Steinbeck wrote in 1936. With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California. The Harvest Gypsies gives us an eyewitness account of the ...
A turning point in twentieth-century American history, the war in Vietnam raised profound questions that affected every aspect of life in the United States. A dramatic case study of the political passions, spiritual pain, and cultural divisions produced by the war, "What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era" provides for the first time a ...
The Railroad Age, The Depression, World War II, The Atomic Age, The Sixties - these periods shaped and were in turn shaped by Berkeley, California - a city that has had a remarkable influence given its modest size. This concise book, the only up-to-date history of Berkeley, is a rich chronicle connecting the people, trends, and events that made ...
December 7, 1941: America rushes to produce the ships, planes, supplies, & weapons for the horrendous war that is to follow. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the World War II shipbuilding boom changed society more than any event since the California Gold Rush. In fact, during WW II, the Bay Area was the biggest shipbuilding center the world has ...
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