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CALIFORNIA CIVILIZATION: BEYOND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
- Source :
- Thesis Eleven; May2006, Vol. 85 Issue 1, p8-36, 29p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Although California is often regarded as a regional civilization within the United States of America, this article argues that California justifies being considered a major civilization in itself, indeed the only genuinely 21st-century civilization, if only because of its top ranking among world economies. The article traces the varied facets of California natural and social history to show the overriding importance of biodiversity as a perennially unifying theme for an understanding of that civilization, and it confronts the varied challenges to this biodiversity that constitute more recent California history and politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CIVILIZATION
AREA studies
AUXILIARY sciences of history
CULTURE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07255136
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Thesis Eleven
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21040108
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0725513606062949