Voices from This Long Brown Land: Oral Recollections of Owens Valley Lives and Manzanar Pasts (1st ed. 2006) (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)
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- Synopsis
- In this engaging oral history, residents of California's scenic, sparsely-populated Owens Valley reflect on their varied experiences with the region's turbulent past. Contested themes of Native American removal, water transfers, and wartime internment are interwoven with remembrances of the valley's multicultural communities, its cattle ranching and agriculture, and its Western filmmaking, railroad, and mining enterprises. Together, author and narrators create an accessible and richly textured work of history, memory, and place.
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781349635733
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780312295394, 9780312295394
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
- Date of Addition:
- 07/11/19
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.