| Voices from This Long Brown Land: Oral Recollections of Owens Valley Lives and Manzanar Pasts 2090 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312295413 ISBN-13: 9780312295417 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 979.448 |
| LCCN: 2005049864 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.3" W x 9.22" (0.81 lbs) 238 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |