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[0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title California: A History [author] author Starr, Kevin [isbn] isbn 081297753X [isbn13] isbn13 9780812977530 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 416 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.63 [num ratings] num ratings 502 [date pub] date pub 1980 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Mar 13, 2007 [rating] Lucas's rating 3 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Dec 28, 2010 [date read] date read Jan 26, 2011 [date added] date added Dec 29, 2010 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Paperback [29] actions view [review] 
review Earlier history about people and events I knew very little about were interesting, but later sections contained no more information than I'd already a Earlier history about people and events I knew very little about were interesting, but later sections contained no more information than I'd already absorbed from headlines or bits of television news during the events. I'm curious about what happened after the stories lost coverage in the news, but that is exactly where this book moves on to another topic. What came after the energy crises that followed deregulation, or after Shwarzeneggers attempts to balance the budget? The origin of the state as a military acquisition is fascinating: the Mexican residents were promised that their property would not be confiscated, and it wasn't directly or immediately except for a law that required all Mexican property titles to be reviewed. The end result was a redistribution of wealth to the lawyers paid in parts the land they were defending the titles to. I think a similar story plays out in the cases of other annexations or national land purchases- Manifest Destiny can be viewed in one light as a massive socialist endeavour, ironically with the recipients of the land hand-outs and later occupants frequently viewing themselves as self-made rugged individualists. ...more
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