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Mini Histories

One of my favorite things to do is to take a historical topic, and to condense it into a "mini-history" in my own words.  Here are a few mini-histories I've written, based mainly on books and documentary films.  Click on the title to read it!

A Queer History of the United States

A Brief History of the American West

A History of "A Night in Fullerton"

A History of Discriminatory Ballot Measures in California

A History of Migratory Farm Labor in California

A History of the American Dust Bowl

A Brief History of the Irvine Company

A History of the Citrus Industry in California

A Brief History of Punk in Southern California

A History of Water in Orange County

A History of Citrus Workers in California

Consumer Car Culture in America: a Pictorial History


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