153 - Dr. William Deverell, Broad Themes of California History

March 13, 2025 00:43:33
153 - Dr. William Deverell, Broad Themes of California History
History of California Podcast
153 - Dr. William Deverell, Broad Themes of California History

Mar 13 2025 | 00:43:33

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Show Notes

 Today we have Dr. William Deverell on the show. Dr. Deverell is a professor of History, Spatial Sciences, and Environmental Studies at USC. He's an American historian with a focus on the 19th and 20th century American West. He has written works on political, social, ethnic, and environmental history, and is the founding director of the Huntington USC Institute on California and the West. This was so much fun to record. Bill has written books across an array of areas and subjects. We just had a great time exploring different facets of California history.

We cover a broad range of subjects. We do spend time on his most recent book on Kathy Fiscus, which is a fascinating story about reality television and its origins, but, more broadly, this is a podcast about California history at large, and there's a lot to be learned through this conversation.

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