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Local Girl Makes History: Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments - Softcover

Frank, Dana

 
9781931404099: Local Girl Makes History: Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1931404097 ISBN 13: 9781931404099
Verlag: City Lights Foundation Books, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

A historian’s nostalgic trip to a series of local daytrip sites takes an unexpected turn as she explores the mysterious draw of these places. Childhood memories and urban myths lead to research into hidden stories, and what’s revealed tells much about the politics of history-making.

Writing in a personal, funny, and engaging style, Dana Frank brings the reader along on her process of discovery. Full of surprises and plot twists along the way, her adventures are quirky, fun, and informative. Each essay is accompanied by a map and illustrated with photos, news clippings, and memorabilia.

Dana Frank is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dana Frank is Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. She is the author of Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism and Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls and the Fighting Spirit of the Last Century, co-authored by Howard Zinn. She has published essays in the Washington Post, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and The Nation.

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Verlag
City Lights Foundation Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1931404097
ISBN 13 
9781931404099
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
278
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