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Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-11-15 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Every California schoolchild's first interaction with history begins with the missions and Indians. It is the pastoralist image, of course, and it is a lasting
Make Your Home Among Strangers
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Authors: Jennine Capó Crucet
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A young, Cuban-American woman is accepted into an elite college right as her home life unravels.
Converting California
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: James A. Sandos
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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This book is a compelling and balanced history of the California missions and their impact on the Indians they tried to convert. Focusing primarily on the relig
The Power of Strangers
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Pages: 384
Authors: Joe Keohane
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-13 - Publisher: Random House

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A “meticulously researched and buoyantly written” (Esquire) look at what happens when we talk to strangers, and why it affects everything from our own healt
Talking to Strangers
Language: en
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Authors: Malcolm Gladwell
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-10 - Publisher: Little, Brown

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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interact