Author: Starr, Kevin
Title: THE DREAM ENDURES California Enters the 1940s.
Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0195100794. New, unused book. Black remainder marks to foot of textblock, no other flaws. Dustjacket in archival Brodart protector. ; Gray boards. Notes. Bibliographical Essay. Index. ; Remainder; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 480 pages; From the jacket: What we now call "the good life" first appeared in California during te 1930s. Motels, home trailers, drive-ins, barbecues, beach life and surfing, sports from polo and tennis and golf to mountain climbing and skiing, "sportswear" (a word coined at the time) , and sun suitswere all a part of the good life - perhaps California's most distinctive influence of the 1930s. In The Dream Endures, Kevin Starr shows how te good life prospered in California - in pursuits such as film, fiction, leisure, and architecture - and helped to define American culture and society then and for years to come. The author is the State Librarian of California and a faculty member at the University of Southern California.. VG+/F.

Keywords: Starr, Kevin the Dream Endures California Enters the 1940s Oxford University Press History California Forties 40s 1940s State History


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