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- catalog abstract ""Though the Gold Rush and its adventurous spirit helped define the California Dream, progress ultimately came at a price." "When photographer Robert Dawson and writer Gray Brechin received the 1992 Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, they began a five-year project of exploring California to record the present state of its environment and the legacy of the California Dream. Their study grew to include the historical and social forces that are so radically altering one of the earth's most favored and mythical regions. This book is the result Dawson and Brechin peel back the myth to reveal California as an ironic and often tragic place that few travelers, whether tourist or native, ever encounter." "A sobering reminder of the Golden State's possible future, Farewell, Promised Land also introduces individuals and organizations committed to rescuing the state from its present course of exploitation. Dawson and Brechin show how the image of California was and continues to be shaped through mass media, and they conclude that if California is indeed the bellwether for the nation, then its fate has relevance to every other place living with the pressures of development."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11107447.
- catalog contributor b11107448.
- catalog coverage "California Environmental conditions Pictorial works.".
- catalog coverage "California Environmental conditions.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Though the Gold Rush and its adventurous spirit helped define the California Dream, progress ultimately came at a price." "When photographer Robert Dawson and writer Gray Brechin received the 1992 Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, they began a five-year project of exploring California to record the present state of its environment and the legacy of the California Dream. Their study grew to include the historical and social forces that are so radically altering one of the earth's most favored and mythical regions. This book is the result Dawson and Brechin peel back the myth to reveal California as an ironic and often tragic place that few travelers, whether tourist or native, ever encounter." "A sobering reminder of the Golden State's possible future, Farewell, Promised Land also introduces individuals and organizations committed to rescuing the state from its present course of exploitation. Dawson and Brechin show how the image of California was and continues to be shaped through mass media, and they conclude that if California is indeed the bellwether for the nation, then its fate has relevance to every other place living with the pressures of development."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Raymond F. Dasmann -- Preface / Robert Dawson -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The absence of things -- 2. The price of gold -- 3. Coerced cornucopia -- 4. Energy's luminous net -- 5. Alabaster cities -- 6. The image of health -- 7. Alternative courses -- Notes -- Selected readings -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 233 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520211235 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520211243 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "California Environmental conditions Pictorial works.".
- catalog spatial "California Environmental conditions.".
- catalog spatial "California.".
- catalog subject "363.7/009794 21".
- catalog subject "Environmental management California.".
- catalog subject "GE155.C2 D38 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Raymond F. Dasmann -- Preface / Robert Dawson -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The absence of things -- 2. The price of gold -- 3. Coerced cornucopia -- 4. Energy's luminous net -- 5. Alabaster cities -- 6. The image of health -- 7. Alternative courses -- Notes -- Selected readings -- Index.".
- catalog title "Farewell, promised land : waking from the California Dream / Robert Dawson and Gray Brechin.".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".