Part One: California Beginnings

Chapter 1: 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

Chapter 10: Crime and Punishment

Chapter 11: Racial Oppression and Conflict

Chapter 12: Culture and Anarchy

Part Three: The Railroad Era

Chapter 13: Building the Central Pacific Railroad

Chapter 14: The “Terrible Seventies”

Chapter 15: Political Turmoil and a New Constitution

Chapter 16: Economic Growth

Chapter 17: Culture and Oligarchy

Chapter 18: Politics in the Era of Railroad Domination

Part Four: Modernization and Its Discontents

Chapter 19: Labor and Capital

Chapter 20: The Roots of Reform

Chapter 21: The Republican Progressives in Power

Chapter 22: The Triumph of Conservatism

Chapter 23: New Industries for Southern California

Chapter 24: Controversies Over Land and Water

Part Five: The State and the Nation

Chapter 25: The Great Depression

Chapter 26: Cultural Trends

Chapter 27: Wartime Growth and Problems

Chapter 28: Politics California Style

Chapter 29: Industrialized Agriculture and Disorganized Labor

Chapter 30: Diversity and Conflict

Part Six: The Challenge of California

Chapter 31: A Season of Discontent

Chapter 32: Culture and Identity

Chapter 33: Recent California Politics

Chapter 34: The Environment and Energy

Chapter 35: The New California Economy

Chapter 36: Contemporary California Society

Index

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