Kevin Starr (1940–2017)
Autor von California: A History
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Kevin Starr was born in San Francisco, California on September 3, 1940. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of San Francisco in 1962. After serving two years in the Army in West Germany, he received a master's degree in 1965 and a PhD in English and American literature in mehr anzeigen 1969 from Harvard University. He returned to San Francisco in 1973 and served as an aide and speechwriter to Mayor Joseph Alioto. After being appointed city librarian, he received a master's degree in library science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974. He wrote a column for The San Francisco Examiner and was appointed a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Southern California in 1989. In 1994, Governor Pete Wilson named him state librarian, a post he held for 10 years. He wrote numerous book about the history of California including the eight-volume California Dream series, California, Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge, and Continental Ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America, the Colonial Experience. In 2006, he received the National Humanities Medal for his work as a scholar and historian from President George W. Bush. He died from a heart attack on January 14, 2017 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era (Americans & the California Dream) (1985) 219 Exemplare
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream) (2009) 143 Exemplare
Los Angeles: Portrait of a city; Porträt einer Stadt; portrait d'une ville {complete} (2009) — Mitwirkender — 100 Exemplare
Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California (2000) 35 Exemplare
Continental Ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America: the Colonial Experience (2016) 29 Exemplare
Continental Achievement: Roman Catholics in the United States - Revolution and the Early Republic (2020) 11 Exemplare
Commerce and civilization : Claremont McKenna College, the first fifty years , 1946-1996 (1998) 9 Exemplare
Grapes and grape vines of California 1 Exemplar
Clio on the Coast 1 Exemplar
Annals of Bohemia, Volume VI: 1973-1987 1 Exemplar
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Discover Los Angeles: An Informed Guide to L.A.'s Rich and Varied Cultural Life (1998) — Einführung — 20 Exemplare
An orange grove boyhood: Growing up in southern California, 1910-1928 (1988) — Vorwort — 7 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Starr, Kevin Owen
- Geburtstag
- 1940-09-03
- Todestag
- 2017-01-14
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Sterbeort
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Todesursache
- heart attack
- Ausbildung
- University of San Francisco, (1962)
Harvard University (PhD|American Literature|1969) - Berufe
- historian
professor - Organisationen
- University of Southern California
California State Library - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- National Humanities Medal (2006)
California Hall of Fame (2010)
Robert Kirsch Award (2012)
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