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Imagining the 'California Dream'

  • Written by William Deverell, Professor of History, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageIs the California Dream still alive and well?Ivan Aleshin/shutterstock.com

Who gave the world the idea of the California Dream?

One way to answer this question is: “Who didn’t?” Millions of people today and in the past imagined California before ever going there – or without ever going there at all. Their collective vision...

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