HISTORY 142A Chapter Notes - Chapter Preface: Kevin Starr
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10:33 pm: 1962: when california surpassed ny as most populous state in nation, as of 2005, has the 5th best economy on the planet, text goes on to list a bunch of other achievements that california has made. Tourists wanted to see things like universal, disneyland etc: why everyone kept going to california: presented through various types of entertainment media as a land of enchantment and dreams. A lot of people started thinking of us in terms of sunny california: desires of better life in california started w/ gold rush when everyone went to. California to try to make a better life for themselves by getting gold. And then people would get disappointed and claim that california wasn"t what everyone hyped it up to be. It was just another american place: california: mixture of american and global cultures, also, california had a lot of technological advancements and achievements in its development.
