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Is California beyond repair? A sizable number of Golden State citizens have concluded that it is. Incessant budget crises plus a government paralyzed by partisan gridlock have led to demands for reform, even a constitutional convention. But what, exactly, is wrong and how can we fix it? In California Crackup, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul provide clear and informed answers. Their fast-paced and often humorous narrative deftly exposes the constitutional origins of our current political and economic problems and furnishes a uniquely California fix: innovative solutions that allow Californians to debate their choices, settle on the best ones, hold elected officials accountable for results, and choose anew if something doesn't work.
Constitutional history --- Direct democracy --- Direct legislation --- Democracy --- Referendum --- California --- Politics and government. --- america. --- budget crises. --- california citizens. --- california. --- constitutional convention. --- constitutional origins. --- contemporary issues. --- economic issues. --- economic problems. --- elected officials. --- golden state. --- governance. --- humorous. --- nonfiction. --- open debate. --- partisan government. --- political economy. --- political issues. --- political reform. --- political science. --- political theory. --- politics. --- reform. --- sociological cultural. --- state politics. --- thought provoking. --- united states.
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This is the new "pocket" version of the classic California Place Names, first published by California in 1949. Erwin G. Gudde's monumental work, which went through several editions during its author's lifetime, has now been released in an expanded and updated edition by William Bright. The abridged version, originally called 1000 California Place Names, has grown to a dynamic 1500 California Place Names in Bright's hands. Those who have used and enjoyed 1000 California Place Names through the decades will be glad to know that 1500 California Place Names is not only bigger but better. This handbook focuses on two sorts of names: those that are well-known as destinations or geographical features of the state, such as La Jolla, Tahoe, and Alcatraz, and those that demand attention because of their problematic origins, whether Spanish like Bodega and Chamisal or Native American like Aguanga and Siskiyou.Names of the major Indian tribes of California are included, since some of them have been directly adapted as place names and others have been the source of a variety of names. Bright incorporates his own recent research and that of other linguists and local historians, giving us a much deeper appreciation of the tangled ancestry many California names embody. Featuring phonetic pronunciations for all the Golden State's tongue-twisting names, this is in effect a brand new book, indispensable to California residents and visitors alike.
Names, Geographical --- California --- History, Local. --- aguanga. --- alcatraz. --- bodega. --- california residents. --- california. --- camping. --- chamisal. --- cultural appropriation. --- geography. --- golden state. --- hiking. --- history. --- indian tribes. --- indigenous people. --- indigenous tribes. --- la jolla. --- lakes. --- landmarks. --- local tribes. --- mountains. --- native americans. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- reference. --- siskiyou. --- state geography. --- tahoe. --- tourism. --- tourist guide. --- travel destination. --- travel. --- tribes. --- wilderness.
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Strawberries are big business in California. They are the sixth-highest-grossing crop in the state, which produces 88 percent of the nation's favorite berry. Yet the industry is often criticized for its backbreaking labor conditions and dependence on highly toxic soil fumigants used to control fungal pathogens and other soilborne pests. In Wilted, Julie Guthman tells the story of how the strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit's production system. The particular conditions of plants, soils, chemicals, climate, and laboring bodies that once made strawberry production so lucrative in the Golden State have now changed and become a set of related threats that jeopardize the future of the industry.
Strawberry industry --- Strawberries --- Soilborne plant pathogens --- Diseases and pests --- Control. --- backbreaking labor conditions. --- california. --- control fungal pathogens. --- dependence on toxic soil fumigants. --- jeopardize future of industry. --- lucrative. --- nations favorite berry. --- produces eighty eight percent. --- rely on soil fumigants. --- rest of fruits production system. --- sixth highest grossing crop. --- story of strawberry industry. --- strawberries in california. --- strawberries. --- strawberry production in golden state. --- thought provoking.
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brainwashing --- Cielo Drive --- Nichiren Shoshu --- Golden State Manor --- the SLA --- Synanon --- violence --- false prophets --- Jonestown --- est --- the LAPD --- the Moonies --- Rancho Rajneesh --- L. Ron Hubbard --- Xenu --- xenophobia --- Anonymous --- testimony --- testimonials --- new religious movements (NRM) --- scientology --- John Gottuso --- Psytheosynthesis (PTS) --- Jim Jones (1931-1978) --- Peoples Temple --- cults --- Sun Myung Moon (1920-2012) --- Church of Synanon --- Charles Dederich Sr.(1913-1997)
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In this groundbreaking study of organic farming, Julie Guthman challenges accepted wisdom about organic food and agriculture in the Golden State. Many continue to believe that small-scale organic farming is the answer to our environmental and health problems, but Guthman refutes popular portrayals that pit "small organic" against "big organic" and offers an alternative analysis that underscores the limits of an organic label as a pathway to transforming agriculture. This second edition includes a thorough investigation of the federal organic program, a discussion of how the certification arena has continued to grow and change since its implementation, and an up-to-date guide to the structure of the organic farming sector. Agrarian Dreams delivers an indispensable examination of organic farming in California and will appeal to readers in a variety of areas, including food studies, agriculture, environmental studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, and history.
Organic farming --- ecologisch beheer (lt) --- landbouwbeleid (lt) --- Ecological agriculture --- Organic agriculture --- Organic crops --- Organic cultivation --- Organic production of crops --- Organiculture --- Regenerative agriculture --- Agriculture --- Organic farming - California. --- agriculture. --- american agriculture. --- anthropology. --- big organic. --- business and industry. --- california. --- californian agriculture. --- career. --- economics. --- environmental problems. --- environmental studies. --- farmers and farming. --- farming. --- federal government. --- federal organic program. --- food studies. --- food. --- geography. --- golden state. --- health problems. --- history. --- organic agriculture. --- organic certification. --- organic farming. --- organic food. --- organic label. --- politics. --- small organic. --- small scale organic farming. --- sociology. --- transforming agriculture.
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"Unfold a map of North America," Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains." In this absorbing book, Meldahl takes readers on a 1000-mile-long field trip back through more than 100 million years of deep time to explore America's most spectacular and scientifically intriguing landscapes. He places us on the outcrops, rock hammer in hand, to examine the evidence for how these rough-hewn lands came to be. We see California and its gold assembled from pieces of old ocean floor and the relentless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. We witness the birth of the Rockies. And we investigate the violent earthquakes that continue to shape the region today. Into the West's geologic story, Meldahl also weaves its human history. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we learn how geologic forces have shaped human experience in the past and how they direct the fate of the West today.
Geology --- West (U.S.) --- History. --- american geography. --- american history. --- american landscapes. --- american west geology. --- american west topography. --- california geology. --- california history. --- california topography. --- donner party. --- earth sciences. --- geoscience. --- gold rush. --- golden state. --- great plains. --- historical geography. --- history of the west. --- how the west was made. --- john c fremont. --- mark twain. --- nature and science. --- pioneer history. --- rocky mountains. --- science and geology. --- seismic tomography. --- tectonic plates. --- wanderlust. --- western mountains. --- western united states.
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Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden State. This essential study, based on decades of data, paints a vivid and energetic portrait of Latino society in California by providing a wealth of details about work ethic, family strengths, business establishments, and the surprisingly robust health profile that yields an average life expectancy for Latinos five years longer than that of the general population. Spanning one hundred years, this complex, fascinating analysis suggests that the future of Latinos in California will be neither complete assimilation nor unyielding separatism. Instead, the development of a distinctive regional identity will be based on Latino definitions of what it means to be American. This updated edition now provides trend lines through the 2010 Census as well as information on the 1849 California Constitutional Convention and the ethnogenesis of how Latinos created the society of ";Latinos de Estados Unidos"; (Latinos in the US). In addition, two new chapters focus on Latino Post-Millennials-the first focusing on what it's like to grow up in a digital world; and the second describing the contestation of Latinos at a national level and the dynamics that transnational relationships have on Latino Post-Millennials in Mexico and Central America.
Hispanic Americans --- Social conditions. --- Ethnic identity. --- California --- Population. --- Ethnic relations. --- america. --- american birth rate. --- american identity. --- analysis. --- assimilation. --- babies. --- birth rate. --- birth. --- business owner. --- california. --- census. --- central america. --- culture. --- digital native. --- digital world. --- domestic. --- family life. --- golden state. --- health and wellness. --- immigrant. --- immigration. --- latino culture. --- latino. --- latinx culture. --- latinx. --- life expectancy. --- mexico. --- post millennials. --- regional identity. --- regional. --- separatism. --- united states. --- us birth rate. --- work ethic. --- work. --- workplace.
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The California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history. This catalog, published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, shows the vitality of the arts in the Golden State during the latter nineteenth century and documents the dramatic impact of the Gold Rush on the American imagination. Among the throngs of gold-seekers in California were artists, many self-taught, others formally trained, and their arrival produced an outpouring of artistic works that provide insights into Gold Rush events, personages, and attitudes. The best-known painting of the Gold Rush era, C.C. Nahl's Sunday Morning in the Mines (1872), was created nearly two decades after gold fever had subsided. By then the Gold Rush's mythic qualities were well established, and new allegories-particularly the American belief in the rewards of hard work and enterprise-can be seen on Nahl's canvas. Other works added to the image of California as a destination for ambitious dreamers, an image that prevails to this day. In bringing together a range of art and archival material such as artists' diaries and contemporary newspaper articles, The Art of the Gold Rush broadens our understanding of American culture during a memorable period in the nation's history.
Art, American --- Gold mines and mining in art. --- American art --- Eight (Group of American artists) --- Indian Space (Group of artists) --- Mission School (Group of artists) --- NO!Art (Group of artists) --- Old Bohemians (Group of artists) --- Stieglitz Circle (Group of artists) --- California --- Alta California (Province) --- CA --- Cal. --- Cali. --- Calif. --- Californias (Province) --- CF --- Chia-chou --- Departamento de Californias --- Kʻaellipʻonia --- Kʻaellipʻonia-ju --- Kʻaellipʻoniaju --- Kalifornii --- Kalifornii︠a︡ --- Kalifornija --- Ḳalifornyah --- Ḳalifornye --- Kālīfūrniyā --- Kaliphornia --- Karapōnia --- Kariforunia --- Kariforunia-shū --- Medinat Ḳalifornyah --- Politeia tēs Kaliphornias --- Provincia de Californias --- Shtat Kalifornii︠a︡ --- State of California --- Upper California --- Πολιτεία της Καλιφόρνιας --- Καλιφόρνια --- Штат Каліфорнія --- Калифорния --- Калифорнија --- Калифорнии --- Каліфорнія --- קאליפארניע --- קליפורניה --- מדינת קליפורניה --- كاليفورنيا --- カリフォルニア --- カリフォルニア州 --- 캘리포니아 --- 캘리포니아 주 --- 캘리포니아주 --- Gold discoveries --- 1800s. --- 19th century. --- academic. --- ambition. --- american culture. --- american history. --- artistic. --- artists. --- california history. --- california. --- cultural history. --- cultural studies. --- folk art. --- folklore. --- get rich. --- gold rush. --- gold. --- golden state. --- imagination. --- myth. --- paintings. --- prospector. --- scholarly. --- social change. --- social history. --- social studies. --- sunday morning in the mines. --- sutters mill. --- thrill seeking. --- united states history. --- us history.
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Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930's, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen.
Cities and towns --- World War, 1939-1945 --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- History --- California --- Alta California (Province) --- CA --- Cal. --- Cali. --- Calif. --- Californias (Province) --- CF --- Chia-chou --- Departamento de Californias --- Kʻaellipʻonia --- Kʻaellipʻonia-ju --- Kʻaellipʻoniaju --- Kalifornii --- Kalifornii︠a︡ --- Kalifornija --- Ḳalifornyah --- Ḳalifornye --- Kālīfūrniyā --- Kaliphornia --- Karapōnia --- Kariforunia --- Kariforunia-shū --- Medinat Ḳalifornyah --- Politeia tēs Kaliphornias --- Provincia de Californias --- Shtat Kalifornii︠a︡ --- State of California --- Upper California --- Πολιτεία της Καλιφόρνιας --- Καλιφόρνια --- Штат Каліфорнія --- Калифорния --- Калифорнија --- Калифорнии --- Каліфорнія --- קאליפארניע --- קליפורניה --- מדינת קליפורניה --- كاليفورنيا --- カリフォルニア --- カリフォルニア州 --- 캘리포니아 --- 캘리포니아 주 --- 캘리포니아주 --- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY). --- americana. --- anecdotal. --- anonymous literature. --- california authors. --- california writers. --- city life. --- contradictions. --- crowded cities. --- culture. --- depression era. --- engaging. --- generational. --- government and governing. --- harry partch. --- history of western us. --- history. --- hobo. --- kenneth patchen. --- kenneth rexroth. --- poetry. --- poets. --- politics. --- roadside attractions. --- san francisco. --- sociology of urban areas. --- the golden state. --- tillie olsen. --- urban soiology. --- us history. --- wpa.
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