Backcountry Ghosts : California Homesteaders and the Making of a Dubious Dream /

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"Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of homesteaders in California, both those who succeeded and those who did not"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sides, Josh, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ranchers.
Pioneers.
Land tenure.
Land settlement.
Homestead law.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Farmers.
California > Rural conditions.
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
Homestead law > California > History.
Land tenure > California > History.
Farmers > California > Biography.
Ranchers > California > Biography.
Pioneers > California > Biography.
Land settlement > California > History.
California.
California > History, Local.
Local history.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Not much else beside
  • A country of plantations and estates
  • Instant relics
  • Hard-bitten country
  • Violent paradise
  • Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley
  • Mexican lands in Mexican hands
  • Floods and utopias
  • Taming the California desert
  • Imperial Valley dreams
  • Crashing the orange gates
  • Exacting lives in the breadbasket
  • The rarified Bay Area
  • Among the trees of the North Coast
  • Under the shadow of Mount Lassen
  • Conclusion: Remembering homesteading
  • Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year.

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