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- catalog abstract "In this wholly original study, cultural historian and critic David Wyatt uses the story of fire to tell the story of California. Wyatt focuses this "catastrophic history" of his native state on five events that swept through California, altering its physical and political landscape and the way both were represented in art and literature. Wyatt begins with the accidental importation and spread of the wild oat in the 1770s, a process that had its human counterpart in the. Spanish invaders. He then explores the impact of four other significant events: the Gold Rush, the 1906 earthquake and fire, the post-World War II defense-industry boom, and the "fire of race" that erupted in Watts in 1965. This fifth fire, Wyatt claims, has burned all throughout California's history, and he artfully examines its effects on both the Chinese immigration experience and the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II. With an energetic style, Wyatt. Shows how all of these events were recorded and responded to in the works of the imagination that have shaped our collective understanding of the Golden State, from the writings of Raymond Chandler and Amy Tan, to the photography of Ansel Adams and the films of Roman Polanski.".
- catalog alternative "5 fires".
- catalog contributor b10153435.
- catalog coverage "California History.".
- catalog coverage "California Race relations.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "In this wholly original study, cultural historian and critic David Wyatt uses the story of fire to tell the story of California. Wyatt focuses this "catastrophic history" of his native state on five events that swept through California, altering its physical and political landscape and the way both were represented in art and literature. Wyatt begins with the accidental importation and spread of the wild oat in the 1770s, a process that had its human counterpart in the.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-279) and index.".
- catalog description "Shows how all of these events were recorded and responded to in the works of the imagination that have shaped our collective understanding of the Golden State, from the writings of Raymond Chandler and Amy Tan, to the photography of Ansel Adams and the films of Roman Polanski.".
- catalog description "Spanish invaders. He then explores the impact of four other significant events: the Gold Rush, the 1906 earthquake and fire, the post-World War II defense-industry boom, and the "fire of race" that erupted in Watts in 1965. This fifth fire, Wyatt claims, has burned all throughout California's history, and he artfully examines its effects on both the Chinese immigration experience and the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II. With an energetic style, Wyatt.".
- catalog description "The wild oat: the Spanish and American conquests -- The Gold Rush: men without women -- Exclusion, the Chinese, and the daughter's arrival -- The San Francisco earthquake and fire: the culture of spectacle -- The politics of water: the shift south -- World War II: Low Angeles and the production of anger -- Relocation, the Japanese and the twice divorced -- From Watts to South Central: internalizing the fire.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 288 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Five fires.".
- catalog identifier "0201144794".
- catalog isFormatOf "Five fires.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,".
- catalog relation "Five fires.".
- catalog spatial "California History.".
- catalog spatial "California Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "California".
- catalog subject "979.4 21".
- catalog subject "Culture conflict California History.".
- catalog subject "F870.A1 W93 1997".
- catalog subject "Fires California History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The wild oat: the Spanish and American conquests -- The Gold Rush: men without women -- Exclusion, the Chinese, and the daughter's arrival -- The San Francisco earthquake and fire: the culture of spectacle -- The politics of water: the shift south -- World War II: Low Angeles and the production of anger -- Relocation, the Japanese and the twice divorced -- From Watts to South Central: internalizing the fire.".
- catalog title "5 fires".
- catalog title "Five fires : race, catastrophe, and the shaping of California / David Wyatt.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".