FAMILIA: Migration and Adaptation In Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975
by Alvarez , Robert R. Jr
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
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Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Illustrated with photographs. "Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offspring, finding a human dimension to migration which centers on the family. Spanish, American, and English exploits paved the way for exchange between Baja and Alta California. Alvarez shows how cultural stability actually increased as migrants settled in new locations, bringing their common values and memories with them." Includes an appendix with the original Spanish field notes, notes, bibliography, index. xv. 213 pp.
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- Title
- FAMILIA: Migration and Adaptation In Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975
- Author
- Alvarez , Robert R. Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of California Press,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- (1986)
- Keywords
- anthropology, latin american history, mexico, california, oral history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Immigration/border;
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