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Search - California Songs with Historical Narration, Vols. 1-2

California Songs with Historical Narration Vols 12
Author: Keith McNeil, Rusty McNeil

Two volume set: California Songs Volume One, California Songs Volume Two. The songs and narration bring history to life with narration and song. Eighty-one songs on four CD's, with Notes on the Songs. Playing time: 3 hours, 40 minutes. Volume One Part one: Indian, Spanish and Mexican California - Spain explores California and ... more »establishes missions. Indians at the missions chant the mass to European traditional and popular music. Mexico gains independence from Spain and creates a distinctive California culture. Americans arrive, clash with Mexicans, and establish the short-lived Bear Flag Republic. The United States declares war against Mexico. Part Two: The Gold Rush - Mexico cedes California to the United States. The gold discovery brings people from many countries. American citizens cross the plains, sail around the Horn and cross the Isthmus. Immigrants arrive from China, and are barred from the mines. African-Americans come to the mines, ! some leave California for British Columbia. Steamboats fill the rivers. The Port of San Francisco becomes notorious for shanghaiing sailors. The Indian population shrinks. Part Three: Railroaders, Boom and Bust - The Union Pacific, with the help of thousands of Chinese railroad workers, completes the transcontinental railroad. The Southern Pacific monopolizes rail traffic to and from California. Farmers rebel against high-handed railroad tactics. After ten years of depression, the boom begins again. Volume Two Part one: Farmers and Ranchers - As California enters the twentieth century, its wine and citrus industries are flourishing. Basques from the Pyrenees raise sheep. Cattle ranchers and cowboys sing songs from Mexican California and from the southern Appalachian mountains. Part Two: Temperance and Suffrage, Cars and Movie Stars - Women organize against heavy drinking, sing militant songs. Women campaign for the right to vote. Californians sing of their love for! (and frustrations with) automobiles. The movie industry moves to California, evolving from silent movies to spectacular films. Part Three: Immigrants and Dust Bowl Refugees - Immigrants arrive from Italy, Portugal, Armenia and India to work on California's farms. The I.W.W. organizes farm workers. Japanese immigrants buy land and compete with established farmers. The Mexican Revolution sends thousands of refugees to California. Mexican farm workers organize unions, are deported, and replaced with workers from the Philippines. Dust storms on the great plains displace thousands, bringing more job seekers to California. Poverty is rampant. Part Four: World War Two, Songs of the Cities - World War Two absorbs men into the armed services. Women manufacture bombs, tanks, ships and airplanes. Japanese-Americans are interned in concentration camps, and many volunteer for military duty in Europe. The United States and Mexico create the Bracero program. Californians write and sing songs which reflect pride (and sometimes dismay), about t! heir cities.

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