American exodus : the Dust Bowl migration and Okie culture in California
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American exodus : the Dust Bowl migration and Okie culture in California
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The work American exodus : the Dust Bowl migration and Okie culture in California represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- American exodus : the Dust Bowl migration and Okie culture in California
- Title remainder
- the Dust Bowl migration and Okie culture in California
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- James N. Gregory
- Subject
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- Agricultural laborers -- California -- Economic conditions
- Agricultural laborers -- California -- Social conditions
- Agricultural laborers -- Economic conditions
- Agricultural laborers -- Social conditions
- California
- California -- Population | History -- 20th century
- Depressions
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
- 1900-1999
- History
- Migration, Internal
- Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma -- Population | History -- 20th century
- Population
- United States
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Generations of Americans have come to know the epic story of Oklahoma farm families driven west to California by dust storms, drought, and economic hardship through Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Dorothea Lange's unforgettable photos. James N. Gregory's pathbreaking American Exodus is a classic historical study that uncovers the full meaning of these events. Gregory takes us back to the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the war boom of the 1940s to explore the experiences of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Missourians who sought opportunities in California. Gregory reaches into the migrants' lives to reveal not only their economic trials but also their impact on California's culture and society. He traces the development of an "Okie subculture" that over the years has grown into an essential element in California's cultural landscape, including an allegiance to evangelical Protestantism, "plain-folk American" values, and a love of country music. The legacy of the Dust Bowl migration can also be measured in political terms: throughout California, and especially in the San Joaquin Valley, Okies have implanted their own brand of populist conservatism.--From publisher description
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- DLC
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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