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Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In Rive

Spurred into action by the attack on Pearl Harbor, Sacramento dragged itself out of the morass of the Great Depression and joined the war effort. Local citizens

From the paving of the Los Angeles River in 1938 and the creation of the G.I. Bill in 1944, to the construction of the Interstate Highway System during the late

This innovative book provides a dynamic—and often surprising—view of the range of environmental issues facing the United States today. A distinguished group

California is a region of rich geographic and human diversity. The Elusive Eden charts the historical development of California, beginning with landscape and cl