Coast of Dreams: A History of Contemporary California - Softcover

Starr, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141021020 ISBN 13: 9780141021027

Publisher: Penguin, 2006

Synopsis

RO60110763. COAST OF DREAMS, A History of Contemporary California. 2006. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 765 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

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Review:

Vivid, precise, and astute. . . . Starr's cultural range has always been broad and his grasp sure. Most important, he's able to put tastes and ways of life in historical context. Los Angeles Times Book Review
Kevin Starr is nothing short of the John Muir of our times. . . . [He] is utterly fascinated by California and how it has evolved. Los Angeles Times
Starr brings his magnificent, multivolume series Americans and the California Dream, the product of a quarter-century of work up to the present. An unfailingly interesting, highly readable contribution to Starr's grand series. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Extraordinary. . . . Sweeping, deeply personal and insightful Tucson Gazette
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"Vivid, precise, and astute. . . . Starr's cultural range has always been broad and his grasp sure. Most important, he's able to put tastes and ways of life in historical context."-Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Kevin Starr is nothing short of the John Muir of our times. . . . [He] is utterly fascinated by California and how it has evolved." -Los Angeles Times
"Starr brings his magnificent, multivolume series Americans and the California Dream, the product of a quarter-century of work up to the present. An unfailingly interesting, highly readable contribution to Starr's grand series." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Extraordinary. . . . Sweeping, deeply personal and insightful"-Tucson Gazette


-Vivid, precise, and astute. . . . Starr's cultural range has always been broad and his grasp sure. Most important, he's able to put tastes and ways of life in historical context.--Los Angeles Times Book Review
-Kevin Starr is nothing short of the John Muir of our times. . . . [He] is utterly fascinated by California and how it has evolved.- -Los Angeles Times
-Starr brings his magnificent, multivolume series Americans and the California Dream, the product of a quarter-century of work up to the present. An unfailingly interesting, highly readable contribution to Starr's grand series.- -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
-Extraordinary. . . . Sweeping, deeply personal and insightful--Tucson Gazette

Synopsis:

"Coast of Dreams" is an astonishingly rich, thoughtful, entertaining and horrifying account of one of the most mesmerising places on earth. Kevin Starr's marvellous new book allows its readers both to revel in the Californian oddness but also to see the magic that has drawn in millions of people like bodybuilder-turned actor-turned-Governor Schwarzenegger. Yet the picture that emerges is a troubled one: of a state which continues to have awe-inspiring potential but which must also face up to problems of a similarly epic scale.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0141021020
• ISBN 13: 9780141021027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784