067 An Environmental History of Early California & Hawaii
Ben Franklin's World
English - February 02, 2016 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin history ushistory benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Aside from nice weather, what do California and Hawaii have in common?
Spanish longhorn cattle.
Today, we explore how Spanish longhorn cattle influenced the early American and environmental histories of California and Hawaii with John Ryan Fischer, author of Cattle Colonialism: An Environmental History of the Conquest of California and Hawaii.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/067
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