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Mountain of Paradise: Reflections on the Emergence of Greater California as a World Civilization (American University Studies)

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Mountain of Paradise challenges conventional taxonomies of worldwide civilizations by introducing a brand new and formidable candidate: the civilization of Greater California right now incubating because the evolution of California into a veritable «nation-state» or «world commonwealth» in line with latest commentators and students. Through a series of reflective essays it clarifies the momentous implications of this claim by a radical account of the genealogical origins of «California», permutation into its speculative moment of self-identity way to prolonged creative interchange with European thought and philosophy, advancement to status of a socio-economic powerhouse by the 1950s and 1960s, invention of distinctly Californian variants of political economy by the 1970s and 1980s, and present domination over regions formerly classified as «Greater California». In its range and originality Mountain of Paradise constitutes a strong contribution to current political, social, economic and global thematics.

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