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　　California has always been our Shangri-la–the promised land of

countless pilgrims in search of the American Dream. Now the Golden

State’s premier historian, Kevin Starr, distills the entire sweep

of California’s history into one splendid volume. From the age of

exploration to the age of Arnold, this is the story of a place at

once quintessentially American and utterly unique.

Arguing that America’s most populous state has always been

blessed with both spectacular natural beauty and astonishing human

diversity, Starr unfolds a rapid-fire epic of discovery,

innovation, catastrophe, and triumph.

For generations, California’s native peoples basked in the

abundance of a climate and topography eminently suited to human

habitation. By the time the Spanish arrived in the early sixteenth

century, there were scores of autonomous tribes were thriving in

the region. Though conquest was rapid, nearly two centuries passed

before Spain exerted control over upper California through the

chain of missions that stand to this day.

The discovery of gold in January 1848 changed everything. With

population increasing exponentially as get-rich-quick dreamers

converged from all over the world, California reinvented itself

overnight. Starr deftly traces the successive waves of innovation

and calamity that have broken over the state since then–the

incredible wealth of the Big Four railroad tycoons and the

devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906; the emergence of

Hollywood as the world’s entertainment capital and of Silicon

Valley as the center of high-tech research and development; the

heroic irrigation and transportation projects that have altered the

face of the region; the role of labor, both organized and migrant,

in key industries from agriculture to aerospace.

Kevin Starr has devoted his career to the history of his beloved

state, but he has never lost his sense of wonder over California’s

sheer abundance and peerless variety. This one-volume distillation

of a lifetime’s work gathers together everything that is most

important, most fascinating, and most revealing about our greatest

state.

From the Hardcover edition.

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　　Legendary California historian Kevin Starr is University

Professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the gold and silver

medals from the Commonwealth Club of California, he served as the

state librarian of California for the decade spanning 1994 to 2004.

Starr divides his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

　　From the Hardcover edition.

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