Category: Cali/ History

U.S. suburbs are typically imagined to be predominantly white communities, but this is increasingly untrue in many parts of the country. Examining a multiracial suburb that is decidedly nonwhite, Wendy Cheng unpacks questions of how identity--especially racial identity--is shaped by place. She offers an in-depth portrait, enriched by nearly seventy interviews, of the San Gabriel Valley, not far from downtown Los Angeles, where approximately 60 percent of residents are Asian American and more than 30 percent are Latino. At first glance, the cities of the San Gabriel Valley look like stereotypic...
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Sands of Time: The History of Beach Volleyball, Vol. 1: 1895-1969

By: Couvillon, Artie

Price: $39.99

Publisher: Information Guides : June 2002

Seller ID: 21875

ISBN-13: 9780938329480

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Sands of Time: The History of Beach Volleyball, Vol. 2: 1970-1989

By: Couvillon, Artie

Price: $49.99

Publisher: Information Guides : August 2003

Seller ID: 21874

ISBN-13: 9780938329473

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Los Angeles Biltmore: The Host of the Coast

By: Davis, Margaret Leslie

Price: $12.99

Publisher: Regal Biltmore Hotel : January 1998

Seller ID: 34033

ISBN-13: 9780966445404

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Swimming Holes of California: Day Trips With a Splash

By: Doll, Pancho

Price: $11.99

Publisher: Running Water Press : June 2008

Seller ID: 59621

ISBN-13: 9780965768641

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Secluded waterfalls, remote two-person tubs, hidden pools, all of them at least six feet deep. All are in creeks and rivers less than three hours from the trailhead. None have any man-made structures visible from them. Privacy is listed for each entry along with icons indicating the best season to visit, the difficulty to approach, and the overall rating, whether fair, good, excellent or classic. Dog owners can tell at a glance if four-legged hikers are appropriate. Families with small children can easily determine if the journey is a good one for the little dippers. Topographical maps for eac...
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California Coastal Byways

By: Huegel, Tony

Price: $18.99

Publisher: Wilderness Press : September 2004

Seller ID: 66736

ISBN-13: 9780899973593

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Cruise all the best spots to experience California's coast from your car with this guide to 50 drives from San Diego to the Oregon Border. In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, each trip and map has been rechecked and updated with the latest information on fires and regulation changes. Also included is a new trip through an old-growth forest in Northern California's Del Norte County.
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Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State

By: Janiskee, Brian P.,Masugi, Ken,Villegas, Christina G.

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : June 2019

Seller ID: 43243

ISBN-13: 9781538124604

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A readable and thought-provoking textbook, which clearly explains the politics and character of California's governmental institutions and the dynamics affecting the lives of Californians. In addition to thorough coverage of California's constitution and development, this book also examines each branch of government as well as local systems. Exploring the nature of public opinion, parties, and campaigns, the author seek to show the effects that the state's diverse population has on all levels of politics and government.
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20th Century Los Angeles: Power, Promotion, and Social Conflict

By: Klein, Norman H.

Price: $23.99

Publisher: Regina Books : January 1989

Seller ID: 63228

ISBN-13: 9780941690393

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Collectible - Acceptable

A Yosemite Naturalist's Odyssey

By: Neely, William L. (Will),Neely, William L.

Price: $13.99

Publisher: Jerseydale Ranch Press : October 1994

Seller ID: 59614

ISBN-13: 9781882803088

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Henry Edwards Huntington The Founder and the Library

By: Schad, Robert O.

Price: $16.99

Seller ID: 62592

ISBN: 281DCP1003957

Binding: Novelty

Condition: Collectible - Acceptable

Los Angeles International Airport (Images of Aviation)

By: Schoneberger, William A.,Pattison, Ethel,Nichols, Lee,California, Flight Path Learning Center of Southern

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing : February 2009

Seller ID: 62885

ISBN-13: 9780738555829

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Collectible - Acceptable

Growth on the flatlands along the western extents of Imperial Highway in the 1920s was once measured in beans, barley, and jackrabbits. After 2000, the site that became Los Angeles International Airport would be measured by the more than 60 million passengers and nearly two million tons of cargo passing through it each year. One of the world s busiest airports grew out of Mines Field and expanded quickly in the 1930s with the exploits of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes and Will Rogers, Curtiss and Martin, and Boeing and Lockheed. After World War II, this large portion of co...
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Category: Cali/ History