Kevin Starr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Starr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Starr |
| SIGNATURE | STARR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern California University for Professional Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
California's Channel Islands
This is a remarkable book in its completeness of research, its format, and its elegant writing style. Author Frederic Caire Childs, himself a descendent of a Santa Cruz Island family, describes California’s Channel Islands as a history, and it is surely that: an exhaustively researched history (despite the relative brevity of the book) based in an array of sources, its narrative enlivened by family histories, similar to his own family history, in…
Rooted in Barbarous Soil
Journal Article Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold-Rush California Get access Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold-Rush California. Edited by Starr Kevin Orsi Richard J.. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. x + 364 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, index. $60, £38, cloth; $14.95, £15.95, paper.) Michelle E. Jolly Michelle E. Jolly Sonoma State University Search for other works…
Bay Cities and Water Politics
Journal Article Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland Get access Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland. By Elkind Sarah S., maps by Aaron J. Weier. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998. viii + 246 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
Endangered Dreams
Journal Article Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California. By Kevin Starr. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 402 pp. $35.00 and The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s. By Kevin Starr. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xii, 480 pp. $35.00 Get access Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
Judge John T. Noonan, Jr
Writing the History of the American West
Material Dreams
Journal Article Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s Get access Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s. By Starr Kevin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xiv + 453 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, index. $14.95, paper.) Brad Luckingham Brad Luckingham Arizona State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, I…
A Literary History of the American West
Journal Article A Literary History of the American West Get access A Literary History of the American West. By The Western Literature Association, Lyon Thomas J., Senior Editor. (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1987. xliii + 1353 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index. $79.50.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr San Francisco, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarte…
Inventing the Dream
Journal Article Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era Get access Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era. By Starr Kevin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. xi + 380 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $19.95.) Howard R. Lamar Howard R. Lamar Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 3, July 1986, Pages 334–33…
Desert Passages
Journal Article Desert Passages: Encounters with the American Deserts Get access Desert Passages: Encounters with the American Deserts. By Limerick Patricia Nelson. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985. 218 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $22.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr San Francisco, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 17, Is…
Inventing California
Inventing the Dream
Journal Article Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era. By Kevin Starr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. xi + 380 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical essay, and index. $19.95.) Get access Andrew Rolle Andrew Rolle Occidental College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 2, September 1985, Pages 433–434, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903440 Pub…
Reflections In/On/Of a Golden State
O California
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Journal Article Americans and the California Dream, 1830–1915. By Kevin Starr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. xviii + 494 pp. Illustrations, notes, further sources, and index. $12.50.) Get access David A. Williams David A. Williams California State University, Long Beach Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 60, Issue 4, March 1974, Pages 1122–1123, https://doi.org/…
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915 Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915. By Starr Kevin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. xviii, 494 p. Illustrations, notes, further sources, index. $12.50.) Richard W. Etulain Richard W. Etulain Idaho State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 1974, Pages 64–66, https://doi.org/10.2…
Rooted in Barbarous Soil
Journal Article Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold-Rush California Get access Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold-Rush California. Edited by Starr Kevin Orsi Richard J.. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. x + 364 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, index. $60, £38, cloth; $14.95, £15.95, paper.) Michelle E. Jolly Michelle E. Jolly Sonoma State University Search for other works…
Bay Cities and Water Politics
Journal Article Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland Get access Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland. By Elkind Sarah S., maps by Aaron J. Weier. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998. viii + 246 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
O California
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Journal Article Americans and the California Dream, 1830–1915. By Kevin Starr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. xviii + 494 pp. Illustrations, notes, further sources, and index. $12.50.) Get access David A. Williams David A. Williams California State University, Long Beach Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 60, Issue 4, March 1974, Pages 1122–1123, https://doi.org/…
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915 Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915. By Starr Kevin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. xviii, 494 p. Illustrations, notes, further sources, index. $12.50.) Richard W. Etulain Richard W. Etulain Idaho State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 1974, Pages 64–66, https://doi.org/10.2…
Reflections In/On/Of a Golden State
Inventing California
Inventing the Dream
Journal Article Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era. By Kevin Starr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. xi + 380 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical essay, and index. $19.95.) Get access Andrew Rolle Andrew Rolle Occidental College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 2, September 1985, Pages 433–434, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903440 Pub…
Inventing the Dream
Journal Article Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era Get access Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era. By Starr Kevin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. xi + 380 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $19.95.) Howard R. Lamar Howard R. Lamar Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 3, July 1986, Pages 334–33…
Desert Passages
Journal Article Desert Passages: Encounters with the American Deserts Get access Desert Passages: Encounters with the American Deserts. By Limerick Patricia Nelson. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985. 218 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $22.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr San Francisco, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 17, Is…
A Literary History of the American West
Journal Article A Literary History of the American West Get access A Literary History of the American West. By The Western Literature Association, Lyon Thomas J., Senior Editor. (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1987. xliii + 1353 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index. $79.50.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr San Francisco, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarte…
Material Dreams
Journal Article Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s Get access Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s. By Starr Kevin. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xiv + 453 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, index. $14.95, paper.) Brad Luckingham Brad Luckingham Arizona State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, I…
Writing the History of the American West
Judge John T. Noonan, Jr
Endangered Dreams
Journal Article Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California. By Kevin Starr. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 402 pp. $35.00 and The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s. By Kevin Starr. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xii, 480 pp. $35.00 Get access Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
Bay Cities and Water Politics
Journal Article Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland Get access Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland. By Elkind Sarah S., maps by Aaron J. Weier. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998. viii + 246 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Kevin Starr Kevin Starr University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
Rooted in Barbarous Soil
Journal Article Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold-Rush California Get access Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold-Rush California. Edited by Starr Kevin Orsi Richard J.. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. x + 364 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, index. $60, £38, cloth; $14.95, £15.95, paper.) Michelle E. Jolly Michelle E. Jolly Sonoma State University Search for other works…
California's Channel Islands
This is a remarkable book in its completeness of research, its format, and its elegant writing style. Author Frederic Caire Childs, himself a descendent of a Santa Cruz Island family, describes California’s Channel Islands as a history, and it is surely that: an exhaustively researched history (despite the relative brevity of the book) based in an array of sources, its narrative enlivened by family histories, similar to his own family history, in…
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