California World History
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Palo Alto
- A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
- By: Malcolm Harris
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
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In PALO ALTO, the first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, Malcolm Harris examines how and why Northern California evolved in the particular, consequential way it did, tracing the ideologies, technologies, and policies that have been engineered there over the course of 150 years of Anglo settler colonialism, from IQ tests to the "tragedy of the commons," racial genetics, and "broken windows" theory.
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Yes, it's Marxist. it's also good.
- By Alex halladay on 02-15-23
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Palo Alto
- A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-14-23
- Language: English
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Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and demonstrably world-changing....
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- By: H.W. Brands
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it completely transformed the territory of California. Hundreds of thousands of people sped to California by any means possible, and small cities sprung up to service their needs as they sought the precious metal. By 1850, California had become a state; it had also become a symbol of where the nation was going.
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Very Enjoyable
- By Claire on 01-15-04
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 12-11-03
- Language: English
- When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it completely transformed the territory of California....
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History of California
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Golden State, Starting from When Native Americans Dominated Through European Exploration to the Present
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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California’s transformation into the most populous state in America and the home of some of the country’s richest citizens spread amongst Silicon Valley and Hollywood, was certainly no accident. California has always been one of the most diverse and multicultural states in the United States, way before it was a state at all, and even before the arrival of the Europeans.
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Solid overview of the long history of this state
- By username on 07-04-21
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History of California
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Golden State, Starting from When Native Americans Dominated Through European Exploration to the Present
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-02-21
- Language: English
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California’s transformation into the most populous state in America and the home of some of the country’s richest citizens spread amongst Silicon Valley and Hollywood, was certainly no accident....
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
- America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force. In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and the south-southeast were overcome by an enormous shaking that was compounded by the violent shocks of an earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richter scale.
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7 Hours and 45 minutes . . .
- By Tim on 12-09-05
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
- America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-05-05
- Language: English
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San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes....
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Alta California
- From San Diego to San Francisco, a Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
- By: Nick Neely
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
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Nick Neely chronicles his 650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California. Led by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769, the expedition sketched a route that would become, in part, the famous El Camino Real. It laid the foundation for the Golden State we know today, a place that remains as mythical and captivating as any in the world.
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A good idea badly executed
- By Trebla on 04-24-20
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Alta California
- From San Diego to San Francisco, a Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-14-20
- Language: English
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Nick Neely chronicles his 650-mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco, following the route of the first overland Spanish expedition into what was soon called Alta California....
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The Port Chicago 50
- Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
- By: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution.
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Navy Chief Navy Pride
- By Patrick on 01-06-24
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The Port Chicago 50
- Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-21-14
- Language: English
- On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away....
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California Gold Rush
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Many of us dream of finding instant wealth. Just imagine if you were able to go to a place where you could simply gather from the ground gold worth many thousands of dollars. Now imagine that at a time when the average wage for an unskilled worker was barely ten dollars per month.
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A succinct overview
- By Twang on 08-06-23
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California Gold Rush
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-20-22
- Language: English
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Many of us dream of finding instant wealth. Just imagine if you were able to go to a place where you could simply gather from the ground gold worth many thousands of dollars. Now imagine that at a time when the average wage for an unskilled worker was barely ten dollars per month....
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Palo Alto
- A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
- By: Malcolm Harris
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate, the people are educated, rich, healthy, enterprising. Remnants of a hippie counterculture have synthesized with high technology and big finance to produce the spiritually and materially ambitious heart of Silicon Valley. It is also a haunted toxic waste dump built on stolen Indian burial grounds, and an integral part of the capitalist world system. In Palo Alto, the first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, Malcolm Harris examines how and why Northern California evolved in the particular, consequential way it did.
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Palo Alto
- A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 05-11-23
- Language: English
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Palo Alto is the true, unvarnished history of the town at the heart of Silicon Valley....
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Joining the California Gold Rush
- This or That?: History Edition
- By: Jessica Rusick
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 20 mins
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After gold was discovered in California in 1848, thousands of people rushed there to strike it rich. They faced tough choices at every turn. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather use the slower method of panning for gold or use a more dangerous method of hydraulic mining? Would you rather run a store or a hotel in a California boomtown? It's your turn to pick this or that!
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Joining the California Gold Rush
- This or That?: History Edition
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Series: This or That?: History Edition
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 04-04-24
- Language: English
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After gold was discovered in California in 1848, thousands of people rushed there to strike it rich. They faced tough choices at every turn. Now the choices are yours.
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
- America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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The international best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force.
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This book does not succeed
- By Julia on 11-13-05
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
- America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-12-05
- Language: English
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The international best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion....
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The Battle of Los Angeles: The History of the Notorious False Alarm That Caused an Artillery Barrage over California During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Most people believe it was a combination of illusion, miscommunication, and a dreadful domino effect that led to what is now remembered as the Battle of Los Angeles, but some continue to insist otherwise. The Battle of Los Angeles: The History of the Notorious False Alarm That Caused an Artillery Barrage over California During World War II explores the events leading up to the “battle" and the aftermath.
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The Battle of Los Angeles: The History of the Notorious False Alarm That Caused an Artillery Barrage over California During World War II
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-29-18
- Language: English
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Most people believe it was a combination of illusion, miscommunication, and a dreadful domino effect that led to what is now remembered as the Battle of Los Angeles, but some continue to insist otherwise. This audiobook explores the events leading up to the “battle" and the aftermath....
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Brian Mancinelli
- Length: 6 hrs
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When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United States from Mexixo. The discovery triggered a massive influx as hundreds of thousands of people scrambled to California in search of riches, braving dangerous journeys across the Pacific, around Cape Horn, and through the Isthmus of Panama, as well as across America's vast, unsettled wilderness. Cities sprang up overnight, in response to the demand for supplies and services of all kinds.
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informative read
- By PerryS on 10-27-20
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- Narrated by: Brian Mancinelli
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 11-27-02
- Language: English
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They went West to change their lives and in the bargain they changed the world. This is the extraordinary story of the men and women of the gold rush....
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