Description
- Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field
- Essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history
- Essays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text
- Produced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
About the Author
William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author of numerous publications including Land of Sunshine: The Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles (with Greg Hise, 2005) and A Companion to Los Angeles (with Greg Hise, 2010).
David Igler is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, where he teaches courses in U.S., environmental, and California history. He is the author of The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds .from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush (2013), and Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 (2001).
Reviews
"This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California." (Native American Encyclopedia, 8 January 2014)
"Like the best of California, the engaging essays collected in this compendium reveal - and revel in - a history of immense diversity and astonishing possibility. More than a "companion," these dazzling essays offer a friendly 'field guide' to California's past (and an excellent vantage point from which to contemplate its present and future)."
-Stephen Aron, UCLA and Autry Institute for the Study of the American West
". . . a useful book. For somebody whose training is in history . . ., there is enough substance in each chapter to make it worthwhile.... Like all Blackwell Companions, this volume is pleasant to use and handle." (Reference Reviews, 2009)
Book Information
ISBN 9781118798041
Author William Deverell
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 885g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 170mm * 31mm
