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California : (Rolle Andrew F)

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California :
Subtitle:	a history /
Author:	Rolle Andrew F Search Author in Amazon Books
Publisher:	Harlan Davidson,
ISBN:	0882959735 (alk. paper)
Edition:	c2003.
Classification:	F861
Dewey:	979.4
URL:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy035/2002008872.html

Detailed notes

- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

- California's distinctiveness -- The Native Americans -- Exploring Baja and Alta California -- Colonizers of the frontier -- Missions, presidios, and pueblos -- California and its Spanish governors -- Exploration and foreign interference -- Arcadia -- Mexican California -- Infiltration and revolt -- On the eve of American rule -- Trappers, traders, and homeseekers -- American conquest -- Gold -- Approaches to statehood -- Social ferment -- A new culture at the golden gate -- Post-gold rush commerce -- The land problem -- California and the Union -- Ships and rails -- Agricultural and urban growth -- Discrimination and accommodation -- Crushing or saving the Indians? -- Labor, the farmers, and the new constitution -- California culture, 1870-1918 -- Progressive politics -- Continuing material growth -- Water, conservation, and agriculture -- Labor in an industrial age -- The depression years -- Twentieth-century culture -- A western world of sports and leisure --Wartime setbacks and gains -- California after World War II -- The beleaguered sixties -- Environmental realities -- Seeking new solutions -- An ethnic tapestry -- A transformative society -- The governors of California.