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001			on1037807791
003			OCoLC
005			20181210002610.0
008			180527t20182018scua b 000 0 eng d
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020			_a1634990684 _q(softcover)
020			_a9781634990684 _q(softcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1037807791
043			_an-us-ca
092			_a979.49 _bK14
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKalafatis, Joanna, _eauthor. _9366332
245	1	0	_aAbandoned Southern California : _bthe eras that shaped the west / _cJoanna Kalafatis.
264		1	_a[Mount Pleasant, SC] : _bArcadia Publishing, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a95 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 94-95).
505	0		_aThe Old West -- Journey to the Pacific -- California for a cure -- Turning the desert into a resort -- The "free people" of California -- Los Angeles--urban decay in the City of Angels -- Abandoned Southern California: a history of progress.
520			_a"From prospectors' haunts in old ghost towns dating back to the Gold Rush, to the now-almost-deserted roadside towns of Route 66, the history of Southern California lives on through its abandoned towns and buildings. Through old settlements and institutions, now left to decay in the high desert or even in the middle of bustling, glamorous Los Angeles, readers can get a glimpse into the waves of migration that shaped the spirit of Southern California. The story of the state seems to repeat throughout different decades: California was perceived as the land of unlimited opportunities and renewed hope for incoming migrants, yet often led to a harsher and more challenging existence in real life. Nevertheless, the dreamers and fortune seekers who moved out West, whether for gold, land, spiritual reasons, health, or to escape the rapidly spiraling East Coast during the Great Depression, always persisted. As they moved from one location to the next to seek their fortune, their ambitions, failures, and lives became encased in the places they left behind. This book is the story of those people and places, and the enduring forces that created California as it is today."--Page 4 of cover.
651		0	_aCalifornia, Southern _xHistory, Local. _9379901
650		0	_aGhost towns _zCalifornia, Southern _xHistory. _9379902
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _zCalifornia, Southern. _9379903
650		0	_aUrbanization _zCalifornia, Southern. _9379904
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