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California at War
Author | : Diane M. T. North |
Publsiher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2018-12-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780700626465 |
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World War I propelled the United States into the twentieth century and served as a powerful catalyst for the making of modern California. The war expanded the role of the government and enlarged the presence of private citizens’ associations. Never before had so many Californians taken such a dynamic part in community, state, national, and international affairs. These definitive events unfold in California at War as a complex, richly detailed historical narrative. Historian Diane M. T. North not only writes about the transformative battlefield and nursing experiences of ordinary Californians, but also documents how daily life changed for everyone on the home front—factory and farm workers, housewives and children, pacifists and politicians. Even before the United States entered the war, California’s economy flourished because its industrialized agriculture helped feed British troops. The war provided a boost to the faltering Hollywood film industry and increased the military’s presence through the addition of Army and Navy training camps and air fields, ship construction, contracts to local businesses, coastal defenses, and university-sponsored scientific research. In these stories, North traces the roots of California’s global stature. The war united Californians in common humanitarian goals as they supported war-related charities, funded the nation’s war machine, conserved food, and enforced rationing. Most citizens embraced wartime restrictions with patriotic zeal and did not foresee the retreat into suspicion, loyalty oaths, and unwarranted surveillance, all of which set the stage for the beginnings of the modern security state. California at War raises important questions about what happens when a nation goes to war. This book illuminates the legacy of World War I for all Americans.
California at War
Author | : Diane M. T. North |
Publsiher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2018-12-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780700626465 |
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World War I propelled the United States into the twentieth century and served as a powerful catalyst for the making of modern California. The war expanded the role of the government and enlarged the presence of private citizens’ associations. Never before had so many Californians taken such a dynamic part in community, state, national, and international affairs. These definitive events unfold in California at War as a complex, richly detailed historical narrative. Historian Diane M. T. North not only writes about the transformative battlefield and nursing experiences of ordinary Californians, but also documents how daily life changed for everyone on the home front—factory and farm workers, housewives and children, pacifists and politicians. Even before the United States entered the war, California’s economy flourished because its industrialized agriculture helped feed British troops. The war provided a boost to the faltering Hollywood film industry and increased the military’s presence through the addition of Army and Navy training camps and air fields, ship construction, contracts to local businesses, coastal defenses, and university-sponsored scientific research. In these stories, North traces the roots of California’s global stature. The war united Californians in common humanitarian goals as they supported war-related charities, funded the nation’s war machine, conserved food, and enforced rationing. Most citizens embraced wartime restrictions with patriotic zeal and did not foresee the retreat into suspicion, loyalty oaths, and unwarranted surveillance, all of which set the stage for the beginnings of the modern security state. California at War raises important questions about what happens when a nation goes to war. This book illuminates the legacy of World War I for all Americans.
California and the Civil War
Author | : Richard Hurley |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781625858245 |
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The remotest place on Earth -- American California -- In the southern orbit -- the national crisis -- Which way California? -- Speaking for the union -- Securing the golden state -- Turmoil in the southwest -- The California column -- The department of New Mexico -- Life in wartime California -- Confederate partisans -- With Connor in Utah -- Californians fight back east -- The sanitary commission -- Aftermath.
Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1867
Author | : California. Adjutant General's Office |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 894 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105020067356 |
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What s Going On
Author | : Marcia A. Eymann,Charles Wollenberg |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2004-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520242449 |
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The California Campaigns of the U S Mexican War 1846 1848
Author | : Hunt Janin,Ursula Carlson |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2015-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781476620930 |
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For the Mexican government to go to war with its more powerful northern neighbor in 1846 was folly. Mexico surrendered to the United States more than half a million square miles of territory, contributing to a legacy of distrust and bitterness towards the U.S. that has never entirely dissipated. The real prize was California. The Californios--Spanish speaking, non-native inhabitants of the province of Alta (Upper) California--had ambiguous loyalties to the Mexican government and minimal military capabilities. American control of California was considered the keystone of Manifest Destiny, and naval and amphibious operations along the Pacific coast began as early as 1821 and continued for weeks after the end of the war. This book describes the often overlooked military and naval operations in California before and during the Mexican War, and introduces readers to the colorful Californios, the American adventurers who arrived after them, and the Indians, who preceded them both.
Report of the War History Department of the California Historical Survey Commission
Author | : California Historical Survey Commission. War History Department |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : UCBK:C046833307 |
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California and the Civil War
Author | : Richard Hurley |
Publsiher | : History Press Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2017-07-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1540217302 |
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In the long and bitter prelude to war, southern transplants dominated California government, keeping the state aligned with Dixie. However, a murderous duel in 1859 killed �Free Soil� U.S. Senator David C. Broderick, and public opinion began to change. As war broke out back east, a golden-tongued preacher named Reverend Thomas Starr King crisscrossed the state endeavoring to save the Golden State for the Union. Seventeen thousand California volunteers thwarted secessionist schemes and waged brutal campaigns against native tribesmen resisting white encroachment as far away as Idaho and New Mexico. And a determined battalion of California cavalry journeyed to Virginia�s Shenandoah Valley to battle John Singleton Mosby, the South�s deadliest partisan ranger. Author Richard Hurley delves into homefront activities during the nation�s bloodiest war and chronicles the adventures of the brave men who fought far from home.