California: an interpretive history

by Rawls, James J.

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Title Statements

Full title :California : an interpretive history / James J. Rawls, Walton Bean.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:10th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 552 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780073406961, 0073406961
oclc:ocn664665804
LC Classification:F861
Dewey Decimal:979.4

pt. 1. California beginnings. -- Geography and history -- The original Californians -- European exploration and founding -- Outposts of a dying empire -- A marginal province of a troubled republic -- American infiltration -- pt. 2. The rush for riches. -- The American conquest -- The Gold Rush and economic development -- A new state and frontier politics -- Crime and punishment -- Racial oppression and conflict -- Culture and anarchy -- pt. 3. The railroad era. -- Building the Central Pacific railroad -- The "Terrible Seventies"-- Political turmoil and a new constitution -- Economic growth -- Culture and oligarchy -- Politics in the era of railroad domination -- pt. 4. Modernization and its discontents. -- Labor and capital -- The roots of reform -- The republican progressives in power -- The triumph of conservatism -- New industries for southern California -- Controversies over land and water -- pt. 5. The state and the nation. -- The Great Depression -- Cultural trends -- Wartime growth and problems -- Politics California style -- Industrialized agriculture and disorganized labor -- Diversity and conflict -- pt. 6. The challenge of California. -- A season of discontent -- Cultur…