Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©1998
Series:California history sesquicentennial series 1
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:"Published in association with the California Historical Society."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contested Eden / Ramón Gutiérrez -- A world of balance and plenty / M. Kat Anderson, Michael G. Barbour, and Valerie Whitworth -- Indian peoples of California / William S. Simmons -- Seekers of the "Northern mystery" / Iris H.W. Engstrand -- Land, labor, and production / Steven W. Hackel -- The child of the wilderness weeps for the father of our country / Michael J. González -- The creation and re-creation of California society / Douglas Monroy -- Between crucifix and lance / James A. Sandos -- Engendering the history of Alta, California, 1769-1848 / Antonia I. Castañeda -- Serpent in the garden / William Preston -- Alta, California's trojan horse / Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- War in California, 1846-1848 / Lisbeth Haas
Celebrating the 150th birthday of the state of California offers the opportunity to reexamine the founding of modern California, from the earliest days through the Gold Rush and up to 1870. In this four-volume series, published in association with the California Historical Society, leading scholars offer a contemporary perspective on such issues as the evolution of a distinctive California culture, the interaction between people and the natural environment, the ways in which California's development affected the United States and the world, and the legacy of cultural and ethnic diversity in th
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 396 pages)
ISBN:0520212738
0520212746
0520920554
0585116679
1280087617
9780520212732
9780520212749
9780520920552
9780585116679
9781280087615

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