The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire 9780786752799

The fascinating story of a cotton magnate whose voracious appetite for land drove him to create the first big agricultur

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English Year 2005

The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
9780786752799

A rich, colorful history of California centering on the untold story of America 's biggest farmer, J. G. Boswell, w

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Big Sur embodies much of what has defined California since the mid-twentieth century. A remote, inaccessible, and undeve

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The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world’s most notable landmarks. Since its publication in 19

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Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California

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In the third century BCE, the ancient kingdom of Macedon held dominion over mainland Greece, but it was rapidly descendi

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In the third century BCE, the ancient kingdom of Macedon held dominion over mainland Greece, but it was rapidly descendi

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Gardens are immobile, literally rooted in the earth, but they are also shaped by migration and by the transnational move

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Boswell and the Press is the first sustained examination of James Boswell’s ephemeral writings—his journalism, pamphlets

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The first in-depth revelation of the historical and personal circumstances of the partition of Palestine that made Abdul

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The American Empire is finished and will soon become another cautionary tale, tossed upon the trash heap of history, and

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