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S'està carregant… Lands of Promise and Despair: Chronicles of Early California, 1535-1846de Rose Marie Beebe (Editor), Robert M. Senkewicz (Editor)
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This copious collection of reminiscences, reports, letters, and documents allows readers to experience the vast and varied landscape of early California from the viewpoint of its inhabitants. What emerges is not the Spanish California depicted by casual visitors--a culture obsessed with finery, horses, and fandangos--but an ever-shifting world of aspiration and tragedy, pride and loss. Conflicts between missionaries and soldiers, Indians and settlers, friends and neighbors spill from these pages, bringing the ferment of daily life into sharp focus. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)979.4History and Geography North America Great Basin and West Coast U.S. CaliforniaLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (4)
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Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz's Lands of Promise and Despair is a fascinating collection of primary sources that reveal the texture of daily life in Hispanic California. These sources run the gamut from documents describing the initial contact between Europeans and indigenous peoples to illustrations of native animals by explorers to recollections of life in Californio society. Despite the wide range of source material, the collection is remarkably focused and informative. I recommend it to both scholars of early California and interested members of the general public. (