California: A Guide to the Golden State

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California: A Guide to the Golden State is a comprehensive 1930s Federal Writers’ Project travel guide that documents California’s history, culture, and geography as part of the American Guide Series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Guide Series volume
book
guidebook
nonfiction book
travel guide
associatedWith American regionalism
New Deal literature
author Federal Writers’ Project
basedOnProject Works Progress Administration
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdByProgram Federal Writers’ Project
describes California agriculture
California cities
California ethnic communities
California industries
California national parks
documentedBy Federal Writers’ Project field research
genre historical guide
travel literature
hasFormat hardcover edition
hasPart city and town descriptions
essays on California history
maps of California
photographic illustrations
regional tours of California
historicalContext Great Depression era
intendedAudience general readers
tourists
language English
libraryOfCongressSubject California: A Guide to the Golden State self-linksurface differs
surface form: California—Description and travel

California—History
California—Social life and customs
mainSubject California, United States
surface form: California
mediaType print
notableFor comprehensive documentation of California in the 1930s
partOf Federal Writers’ Project
surface form: New Deal cultural projects
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationDecade 1930s
publisher Hastings House
series American Guide Series
timePeriodCovered 19th-century California
early 20th-century California
early California history
topic culture of California
geography of California
history of California

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American Guide Series notableWork California: A Guide to the Golden State
California: A Guide to the Golden State libraryOfCongressSubject California: A Guide to the Golden State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: California—Description and travel