California : A History

by ROLLE ANDREW F.

• ISBN13: 9780882959726
• ISBN10: 0882959727
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Harlan Davidson

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
List of Photographs, Maps, and Tables	xi
California's Distinctiveness	1	(8)
Selected Readings	7	(2)
The Native Americans	9	(11)
Selected Readings	18	(2)
Exploring Baja and Alta California	20	(12)
Selected Readings	29	(3)
Colonizers of the Frontier	32	(9)
Selected Readings	38	(3)
Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos	41	(8)
Selected Readings	48	(1)
California and Its Spanish Governors	49	(4)
Selected Readings	51	(2)
Exploration and Foreign Interference	53	(8)
Selected Readings	59	(2)
Arcadia	61	(7)
Selected Readings	67	(1)
Mexican California	68	(9)
Selected Readings	76	(1)
Infiltration and Revolt	77	(6)
Selected Readings	82	(1)
On the Eve of American Rule	83	(6)
Selected Readings	87	(2)
Trappers, Traders, and Homeseekers	89	(12)
Selected Readings	100	(1)
American Conquest	101	(9)
Selected Readings	109	(1)
Gold	110	(15)
Selected Readings	123	(2)
Approaches to Statehood	125	(5)
Selected Readings	129	(1)
Social Ferment	130	(8)
Selected Readings	137	(1)
A New Culture at the Golden Gate	138	(8)
Selected Readings	144	(2)
Post-Gold Rush Commerce	146	(9)
Selected Readings	153	(2)
The Land Problem	155	(6)
Selected Readings	159	(2)
California and the Union	161	(9)
Selected Readings	168	(2)
Ships and Rails	170	(7)
Selected Readings	175	(2)
Agricultural and Urban Growth	177	(11)
Selected Readings	186	(2)
Discrimination and Accommodation	188	(9)
Selected Readings	195	(2)
Crushing or Saving the Indians?	197	(11)
Selected Readings	206	(2)
Labor, the Farmers, and the New Constitution	208	(6)
Selected Readings	213	(1)
California Culture, 1870--1918	214	(15)
Selected Readings	226	(3)
Pgressive Politics	229	(12)
Selected Readings	238	(3)
Continuing Material Growth	241	(15)
Selected Readings	254	(2)
Water, Conservation, and Agriculture	256	(9)
Selected Readings	263	(2)
Labor in an Industrial Age	265	(7)
Selected Readings	270	(2)
The Depression Years	272	(12)
Selected Readings	282	(2)
Twentieth-Century Culture	284	(22)
Selected Readings	302	(4)
A Western World of Sports and Leisure	306	(5)
Selected Readings	310	(1)
Wartime Setbacks and Gains	311	(9)
Selected Readings	317	(3)
California After World War II	320	(13)
Selected Readings	331	(2)
The Beleaguered Sixties	333	(11)
Selected Readings	341	(3)
Environmental Realities	344	(15)
Selected Readings	357	(2)
Seeking New Solutions	359	(8)
Selected Readings	365	(2)
An Ethnic Tapestry	367	(12)
Selected Readings	377	(2)
A Transformative Society	379	(16)
Selected Readings	393	(2)
Appendix The Governors of California	395	(6)
Index of Authors Cited	401	(13)
Index	414