John Mack Faragher
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"California is the most multicultural state in the nation. As John Mack Faragher argues in this concise and lively history, that is nothing new. Covering four centuries and focused on the experiences of all Californians--including Native peoples, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders--Faragher tells the stories of a colorful cast of characters, some famous, other mostly unknown, California's diversity often led to conflict, turmoil,...
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In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality-to live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and England-had been one of the founding values of Acadia. Its settlers traded and intermarried...