UID:
edocfu_9959229364202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (346 p.)
ISBN:
0-300-21648-3
Serie:
Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Inhalt:
A wide-ranging exploration of the diverse historical connections between Chile and California This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California and the country of Chile. The book begins in 1786, when a French expedition brought the potato from Chile to California, and it concludes with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's diplomatic visit to the Golden State in 2008. During the intervening centuries, new crops, foods, fertilizers, mining technologies, laborers, and ideas from Chile radically altered California's development. In turn, Californian systems of servitude, exotic species, educational programs, and capitalist development strategies dramatically shaped Chilean history. Edward Dallam Melillo develops a new set of historical perspectives-tracing eastward-moving trends in U.S. history, uncovering South American influences on North America's development, and reframing the Western Hemisphere from a Pacific vantage point. His innovative approach yields transnational insights and recovers long-forgotten connections between the peoples and ecosystems of Chile and California.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes on Terminology --
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Maps --
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Introduction --
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Part I. Chile and the making of California --
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One. Cordilleras in Mind --
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Two. A Venice of Pine --
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Three. Chilecito and Spanishtown --
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Four. Manifest Destiny at the End of a Rope --
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Five. Supplementing the Soil --
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Part II. California and the making of Chile --
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Six. A Railroad in the Clouds --
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Seven. Mountains of Infamy, Vines of Plenty --
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Eight. The Davis Boys and the Fruits of Neoliberalism --
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Nine. Breaking the Rule of Exceptions --
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Epilogue: Worlds Not Realized --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-300-20662-3
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.12987/9780300216486
