{"product_id":"lands-of-promise-and-despair-9780806151380","title":"Lands of Promise and Despair","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copious collection of reminiscences, reports, letters, and documents allows readers to experience the vast and varied landscape of early California from the viewpoint of its inhabitants. What emerges is not the Spanish California depicted by casual visitors, but an ever-shifting world of aspiration and tragedy, pride and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf we had only one anthology to cover the sweep of California history from earliest human habitation to conquest by the United States, it would have to be this extraordinary volume, which weaves learned annotation and original documents into a rich mosaic of narrative, fact, and interpretation.\"\" - Kevin Starr University of Southern California","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49950817124695,"sku":"9780806151380","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780806151380.jpg?v=1738902156","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lands-of-promise-and-despair-9780806151380","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}