FIVE FIRES: Race, Catastrophe and the Shaping of California. by…

FIVE FIRES: Race, Catastrophe and the Shaping of California.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Addison-Wesley, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Beginning with the accidental introduction of wild oats by the Spanish, Wyatt uses catastrophic happenings to analyze the history of California: the gold rush, the 1906 earthquake, the post-WWII defense-industry boom, and the 1965 Watts riot. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. ISBN: 0-201-144794.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 22890
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