| The Seven States of California: A Natural and Human History Contributor(s): Fradkin, Philip L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520209427 ISBN-13: 9780520209428 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: "Philip Fradkin's work is full of foresight, good sense, and an understanding of the ties between social and environmental dilemmas. Taking Fradkin's writing seriously is an important step in figuring out the American West today."--Patricia Nelson Limerick |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | Social History - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 917.94 |
| LCCN: 96034575 |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.13" W x 9.15" (1.40 lbs) 474 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What explains California? To a large extent, as Philip Fradkin's rich, exuberant portrait makes clear, it's the multiple landscapes and the different states of mind that best define America's most populous, diverse, and fabled state. Fradkin divides California into seven distinct ecological and cultural provinces-from the hot deserts and high peaks to the rich agricultural Central Valley, the redwood forests of the north and sandy beaches of the south. Describing geographical regions based on their emblematic landscape features, Fradkin intertwines natural and social history. |