Voices from This Long Brown Land Oral Recollections of Owens Valley Lives and Manzanar Pasts
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 th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2006 |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Oral History
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 238 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349635733 |