Contested Eden
California Before the Gold Rush
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 1998
Book
Hardback
395 pages
978-0-520-21273-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first in a four-volume history series to celebrate the 150th birthday of the state of California. This volume of essays investigates traditional historical subjects and also explores such areas as environmental science, women's history and Indian history. The volume also features a photographic essay on the artistic record of the conquest of California by Europeans, as well as over 70 black and white photographs. The "California History Sesquicentennial Series" offers the opportunity to re-examine the founding of modern California, from the earliest days through the Gold Rush and up to 1870. It seeks to 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 the state.
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Series
Edition
First Edition, Published in Association with the California Historical Society
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
89 b-w photographs, 5 maps
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1089 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-21273-2 (9780520212732)
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03/1998
1st Edition
Naval Institute Press
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Persons
Ramon A. Gutierrez is Professor of Ethnic Studies and History at the University of California, San Diego. Richard J. Orsi is Professor of History at California State University, Hayward, and editor of the journal California History.
Content
Photographic Essay, Anthony Kirk; contested Eden, Ramon A. Gutierrez; 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, labour, and production, Steven W. Hackel; "The Child of the Wilderness Weeps for the Father of Our Country", Michael J. Gonzalez; the creation and re-creation of Californio Society, Douglas Monroy; between crucifix and lance, James A, Sandos; engendering the history of Alta Calfornia, 1769-1848, Antonia Castenada; serpent in the garden, Willam Preston; Alta California's Tojan horse, Doyce B. Nunis Jr.; war in California, 1846-1848, Lisbeth Haas.