Books/Articles    
"California: A Multicultural Documentary History" is a primary source reader that focuses on the diverse experiences of all groups included in the histories of California: Filipino Americans, farmworkers, Japanese farmers, African-Americans, civil rights activists, and more. Blending documents from both public and private sources, this collection will not only successfully hold the attention of students, but also construct a more complete understanding of the people and events that created and shaped California.
  

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"Napa: The Transformation of an American Town" The book is part of The Making of America Series presented by Arcadia Publishing, which is “devoted to recording the remarkable contributions made by individual communities to our nation's great heritage." Coodley’s history guides readers through the era when indigenous Californians roamed the valley floor, to the present, when preservation of the remainder of the landscape and heritage is very much in the balance.

  
"The Land of Orange Groves and Jails" - Upton Sinclair came to California after the success of his ground-breaking exposure of the slaughterhouse industry in his novel The Jungle. During his fifty years in the state, he became known for many things, including his memorable gubernatorial campaign slogan “End Poverty in California. His ideas roused Californians and laid the groundwork for many of today’s political campaigns.
  

"The Berkeley Literary Women’s Revolution"

Lauren Coodley has contributed an essay to this new book on the Berkeley women’s literary revolution.

These 16 essays were written by members of Marsha’s Salon and its succesors, the Comparative Literature Women’s Caucus, a group of female graduate students at UC-Berkeley organized in 1969 by Marsha Hudson.

  
     

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