California and the West
by The Huntington
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Description
The Huntington is among the nation’s most important centers for the study of the American West with an unsurpassed collection of materials that spans the full range of American western settlement, including the overland pioneer experience, the Gold Rush, and the development of Southern California. Diverse in scope and range, the collection attracts scholars of the early California missions as well as the aerospace industry. The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West brings together historians and other scholars, students, writers, journalists, and policymakers to investigate and debate the rich history of California and the American West.
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Fire Season: Philip Connors and William Deverell in Conversation | -- | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Workers: Western Origins, Global Future | -- | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Are We All Braceros Now? | -- | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
No Man’s Land: The Global History of Deportable Workers | -- | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
For Whom Bell Tolls: What Can Be Done about Local Governance in California? | -- | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Ghosts of the White City | -- | 6/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 |
The Fossil-Fueled West | -- | 5/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Bohemians West: A "Free" Love Story | -- | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can We All Just Get Along? In Search of an Alternative History of the American West (Billington Lecture) | Conflict and conquest have long defined the history of the American West. But what of events shaped by concord? Stephen Aron explores episodes in which peoples put aside their differences and the lessons we might take from them. | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Concrete Utopia: Roads and Freeways in Los Angeles (Dames Lecture 2009-10) | -- | 9/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Mason Hutchings of Yo-Semite | -- | 9/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Little Girl Lost: The Kathy Fiscus Tragedy (Haynes Foundation Lecture) | -- | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Democratizing the Beach: From Therapy to Recreation | -- | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Episodes |
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