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Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California

Kevin Starr

History of California in the 1930s, discussing topics that include the depression, Utpon Sinclair's campaign for governor, Harry Bridges and the San Francisco general strike, and the public and private relief programs for the more than one million emigrants from the dust bowl.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsTopic Classifier: Housing, Cities & Urban Life -> Society & CultureHousing, Cities & Urban LifeBlack History & CultureAsia & the Pacific

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History1996FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Harry Bridges45%

  2. 02 Central places

    • California90%
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    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • San Francisco55%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 70%.