California: An Interpretive History
ISBN: 9780073406961 | 0073406961
Edition: 10thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 2/9/2011
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Now in its tenth edition, California: An Interpretive History provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of California's political and economic history, along with an account of its social and cultural affairs. First published 45 years ago, the text has become the standard in the field. The authors appraise the state's virtues and accomplishments, as well as its faults and failures. Original interpretations are offered of the major challenges faced by the nation's most populous and economically powerful state. The tenth edition places grea... MORE
Preface
Part One: California Beginnings
Chapter 1 Introduction: Geography and History
Chapter 2 The Original Californians
Chapter 3 European Exploration and Founding
Chapter 4 Outposts of a Dying Empire
Chapter 5 A Marginal Province of a Troubled Republic
Chapter 6 American Infiltration
Part Two: The Rush for Riches
Chapter 7 The American Conquest
Chapter 8 The Gold Rush and Economic Development
Chapter 9 A New State and Frontier Politics
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