{"product_id":"embattled-dreams-california-in-war-and-peace-1940-1950-paperback","title":"Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Starr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sixth volume in one of the great ongoing works of American cultural history--Kevin Starr's monumental Americans and the California Dream--\u003cem\u003eEmbattled Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is a peerless work of cultural history following California in the years surrounding World War II.\u003cbr\u003e During the 1940s California ascended to a new, more powerful role in the nation. Starr describes the vast expansion of the war industry and California's role as the \"arsenal of democracy\" (especially the significant part women played in the aviation industry). He examines the politics of the state: Earl Warren as the dominant political figure, the anti-Communist movement and \"red baiting,\" and the early career of Richard Nixon. He also looks at culture, ranging from Hollywood to the counterculture, to film noir and detective stories. And he illuminates the harassment of Japanese immigrants and the shameful treatment of other minorities, especially Hispanics and blacks.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eEmbattled Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, Starr again provides a spellbinding account of the Golden State, narrating California's transformation from a regional power to a dominant economic, social, and cultural force.\u003cbr\u003e \"With a novelist's eye for the telling detail, and a historian's grasp of the sweep of grand events.... [Starr's] got it all down.... I read the book with absorbed admiration.\"--Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Caine Mutiny\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Winds of War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The scope of Starr's scholarship is breathtaking.\"--\u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A magnificent accomplishment.\"--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Brilliant and epic social and cultural history.\"--\u003cem\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Ebullient, nuanced, interdisciplinary history of the grandest kind.\"--\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Starr\u003c\/strong\u003e is the State Librarian of California. He also holds the rank of University Professor in the Department of History at the University of Southern California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.3 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256123023462,"sku":"9780195168976","price":60.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QlcvZ2V5a2poazdyUllNVUxHV1dYUT09.webp?v=1773697834","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/embattled-dreams-california-in-war-and-peace-1940-1950-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}