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California: An Interpretive History , 8/e
James J. Rawls
Walton Bean

Table of Contents

Preface
  1. Introduction: Geography and History
    2. The Origins of California
    Regional Diversity
    The Climates of California


  2. The Original Californians
    3. Food and Population
    Aspects of Material Culture
    Location, Linguistic Groups, Tribes
    Social Culture


  3. Discovery, Exploration, and Founding
    4. The Finding and Naming of California
    Cabrillo and the Discovery of Alta California
    Francis Drake and Nova Albion
    The Manila Galleon and the California Coast
    Vizcaino and Monterey
    Spain's Indian Policies
    The Mission as a Frontier Institution
    Calvez and the Plan for Alta California
    The Franciscans and Father Serra
    The Sacred Expedition


  4. Outposts of a Dying Empire
    5. Bucareli, Anza, and the Founding of San Francisco
    Neve and the Pueblos of San Jose and Los Angeles
    Native Resistance
    The Impact of the Missions
    Attempts at Reinforcement
    Exploration of the Central Valley
    The Coming of the Russians
    The Last Years Under the Spanish Flag


  5. A Marginal Province of a Troubled Republic
    6. Government and Politics in Theory and Practice
    The Secularization Problem
    From Echeandia to Figueroa
    Figueroa and Secularization
    Alvarado and Provincial Autonomy
    The Heyday of the Rancheros


  6. American Infiltration: Traders, Trappers, and Settlers
    7. The Yankee Traders
    The Beaver Traders
    Early Settlers
    Covered Wagons, 1841-1846


  7. The American Conquest
    8. Overtures, Diplomatic and Undiplomatic
    Plans of the Polk Administration
    John Charles Fremont
    The Bear Flag Revolt
    The Mexican War and California


  8. The Gold Rush and Economic Development
    9. Marshall's Discovery at Sutter's Mill
    The Forty-Eighters
    The Forty-Niners
    The Diggings
    Early Mining Methods
    Mining Camp Law
    From an Adventure to a Profession
    The Historical Significance of the Gold Rush


  9. A New State and Frontier Politics
    10. Military Governments
    The Constitutional Convention and Its Problems
    The First Legislature
    The Admission of California to the Union
    The Feud Between Broderick and Gwin
    Movements for State Division
    California and the Civil War


  10. Crime and Punishment
    11. The Nature of Vigilantism
    The "Hounds" in San Francisco
    The San Francisco Committee of 1851
    Statewide Vigilance
    The San Francisco Committee of 1856


  11. Racial Oppression and Conflict
    12. Treatment of Mexican Miners
    Land-Title Troubles
    The Act of 1851 and the Land Commission
    Early Discrimination Against the Chinese
    The "Indian Question"
    Episodes in Extermination
    Decline and Exploitation
    Enslaved and Free Blacks


  12. Culture and Anarchy
    13. Newspapers and Literary Magazines
    Writers of the Fifties
    Bret Harte
    Mark Twain
    Joaquin Miller and Other Poets
    Churches and Schools


  13. Building the Central Pacific Railroad
    14. Early Transportation
    Judah and the Conception of the Central Pacific
    Enter the Four "Associates"
    Federal and State Support
    Difficulties and the Death of Judah
    Solving the Problems of Construction


  14. The "Terrible Seventies"
    15. The Onset of Depression
    Transportation Monopoly
    Land Monopoly
    The Comstock and Overspeculation


  15. Political Turmoil and a New Constitution
    16. The Increase of Anti-Chinese Sentiment
    The Workingsmen's Party of California
    The Constitution of 1879
    The Frustration of Reform
    Chinese Exclusion and Segregation


  16. Economic Growth
    17. The Wheat Bonanza
    Wines
    The Citrus Industry
    The Rise of Southern California
    Water and Land
    Electric Railways and Urbanization


  17. Culture and Oligarchy
    18. Henry George
    Ambrose Bierce
    Frank Norris
    Jack London
    Historiography
    Lords of the Press
    The Arts and Architecture
    Schools, Colleges, and Universities


  18. Politics in the Era of Railroad Domination
    19. The Colton Letters
    The Huntington-Stanford Feud
    Los Angeles Fights for a Free Harbor
    The Funding Bill
    The Southern Pacific Machine
    William F. Herrin
    Failure of Nineteenth-Century Reform Movements


  19. Labor and Capital
    20. Backgrounds of the California Labor Movement
    The Rise of Unions in San Francisco
    Triumph of the Open Shop in Los Angeles
    Agricultural Labor: Unorganized and Disfranchised
    The IWW


  20. The Roots of Reform
    21. Boss Ruef and the Union Labor Party
    The San Francisco Graft Prosecution
    The Good Government Movement in Los Angeles
    The Lincoln-Roosevelt League


  21. The Republican Progressives in Power
    22. Public Utility Regulation
    Governmental Efficiency and Finance
    "More Democracy"
    "Nonpartisanship" and Cross-Filing
    Woman Suffrage
    Public Morals
    The Progressives and Labor
    The Anti-Japanese Movement
    The Decline of Progressivism


  22. The Triumph of Conservatism
    23. Rise and Fall of the Socialist Movement
    The Mooney Case
    The Criminal Syndicalism Law
    Decline of Organized Labor
    Collapse of the Democratic Party
    The Continuing Decline of Republican Progressivism
    The "Federal Plan" of Reapportionment


  23. New Industries for Southern California
    24. Origins of the Oil Industry
    The Oil Boom of the Twenties
    The Automobile Revolution
    The Movies Discover California
    Rise of "The Industry"


  24. Controversies over Land and Water
    25. The Yosemite and John Muir
    The Hetch Hetchy Controversy
    The Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct
    The Boulder Canyon Project
    The Colorado River Aqueduct
    The Central Valley Project
    The 160-Acre Limit


  25. The Great Depression
    26. "Sunny Jim"
    Social Messiahs
    Depression and Deportation
    Labor Strife
    Upton Sinclair and Epic
    From Merriam to Olson


  26. Cultural Trends
    27. Robinson Jeffers
    John Steinbeck
    William Saroyan and Other Writers
    William Randolph Hearst and Other Journalists
    The Arts
    Architecture


  27. Wartime Growth and Problems
    28. The Impact of Federal Spending
    Wartime shipyards
    "Americans All"
    Rise of the Aircraft Industry
    The "Relocation" of the Japanese Americans


  28. Politics California Style
    29. "Nonpartisanship" Favors the Republicans
    Filling the Void
    The Governorship of Earl Warren
    The Spurious Issue of "Loyalty"
    The Governorship of Edmund G. Brown
    Extremists, Right and Left


  29. Industrialized Agriculture and Disorganized Labor
    30. Green Gold
    The Empire of Agribusiness
    "Farm Fascism" in the 1930s
    The Rise and Fall of the Bracero Program
    Unionization Breaks Through
    "The Equal Protection of the Laws"


  30. Diversity and Conflict
    31. California Indians
    Asians
    African Americans
    Latinos
    Women


  31. A Season of Discontent
    32. The Growth Rate: Peak and Slowdown
    Transportation
    Reapportionment
    Education
    Campus Turmoil
    The Hippie Movement
    Black Radicalism
    The Decline of Radicalism


  32. Culture and Identity
    33. Literature
    Painting and Sculpture
    Architecture
    Music


  33. Recent California Politics
    34. The Conservative Revival
    The Era of Limits and Beyond
    The Politics of Resentment
    The Politics of Moderation


  34. The Environment and Energy
    35. Regional Protection
    Biodiversity
    Growth Control
    Air Pollution
    Water Resources
    Pesticides and Toxic Wastes
    Renewable Energy
    Nuclear Power
    Petroleum Dependency
    The Electric Energy Crisis


  35. The New California Economy
    36. The Sunbelt Shift
    The Pacific Rim
    The Post-Industrial Revolution
    High Technology
    The Internet Revolution
    The Arsenal of America
    Tourism
    Entertainment
    Agriculture


  36. Contemporary California Society
    37. Transportation
    Education
    Health Care
    Criminal Justice
    The New Californians








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