Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California
Thomas J. Osborne
Osbornes work is the first history text to explore the sweep of Californias past in relationship to its connections within the maritime world of the Pacific Basin.
- Presents a provocative and original interpretation of the entire span of California history
- Reveals how the areas Pacific Basin connections have shaped the Golden States past
- Refutes the widely held notion among historians that California was isolated before the onset of the American period in the mid-1800s
- Represents the first text to draw on anthropologist Jon Erlandsons findings that Californias first human inhabitants were likely prehistoric Asian seafarers who navigated the Pacific Rim coastline
- Presents a provocative and original interpretation of the entire span of California history
- Reveals how the areas Pacific Basin connections have shaped the Golden States past
- Refutes the widely held notion among historians that California was isolated before the onset of the American period in the mid-1800s
- Represents the first text to draw on anthropologist Jon Erlandsons findings that Californias first human inhabitants were likely prehistoric Asian seafarers who navigated the Pacific Rim coastline
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Year:
2013
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Language:
english
Pages:
434
ISBN 10:
1405194545
ISBN 13:
9781405194549
File:
PDF, 14.26 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013