California: An Interpretive History w/ Map Poster; MP

PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction: Geography and HistoryThe Origins of California Regional DiversityThe Climates of CaliforniaChapter 2 The Original CaliforniansFood and PopulationAspects of Material CultureLocation, Linguistic Groups, TribesSocial CultureChapter 3 Discovery, Exploration, and FoundingThe Finding and Naming of CaliforniaCabrillo and the Discovery of Alta CaliforniaFrancis Drake and Nova AlbionThe Manila Galleon and the California CoastVizcaino and MontereySpain's Indian PoliciesThe Mission as a Frontier InstitutionGalvez and the Plan for Alta CaliforniaThe Franciscans and Father SerraThe Sacred ExpeditionChapter 4 Outposts of a Dying EmpireBucareli, Anza, and the Founding of San FranciscoNeve and the Pueblos of San Jose and Los AngelesNative ResistanceThe Impact of the MissionsAttempts at ReinforcementExploration of the Central ValleyThe Coming of the RussiansThe Last Years Under the Spanish FlagChapter 5 A Marginal Province of a Troubled RepublicGovernment and Politics in Theory and PracticeThe Secularization ProblemFrom Echeandia to FigueroaFigueroa and SecularizationAlvarado and Provincial AutonomyThe Heyday of the RancherosChapter 6 American Infiltration: Trader, Trappers, and SettlersThe Yankee TradersThe Beaver TrappersEarly SettlersCovered Wagons, 1841-1846Chapter 7 The American ConquestOvertures, Diplomatic and UndiplomaticPlans of the Polk AdministrationJohn Charles FremontThe Bear Flag RevoltThe Mexican War and CaliforniaChapter 8The Gold Rush and Economic DevelopmentMarshall's Discovery at Sutter's MillThe Forty-EightersThe Forty-NinersThe DiggingsEarly Mining MethodsMining Camp LawFrom an Adventure to a ProfessionThe Historical Significance of the Gold RushChapter 9A New State and Frontier PoliticsMilitary GovernmentsThe Constitutional Convention and Its ProblemsThe First LegislatureThe Admission of California to the UnionThe Feud Between Broderick and GwinMovements for State DivisionCalifornia and the Civil WarChapter 10Crime and PunishmentThe Nature of VigilantismThe "Hounds" in San FranciscoThe San Francisco Committee of 1851Statewide VigilanceThe San Francisco Committee of 1856Chapter 11Racial Oppression and ConflictTreatment of Mexican MinersLand-Title TroublesThe Act of 1851 and the Land CommissionEarly Discrimination Against the ChineseThe "Indian Question"Episodes in ExterminationDecline and ExploitationEnslaved and Free BlacksChapter 12Culture and AnarchyNewspapers and Literary MagazinesWriters of the FiftiesBret HarteMark TwainJoaquin Miller and Other PoetsChurches and SchoolsChapter 13Building the Central Pacific RailroadEarly TransportationJudah and the Conception of the Central PacificEnter the Four "Associates"Federal and State SupportDifficulties and the Death of JudahSolving the Problems of ConstructionChapter 14The "Terrible Seventies"The Onset of DepressionTransportation MonopolyLand MonopolyThe Comstock and OverspeculationChapter 15Political Turmoil and a New ConstitutionThe Increase of Anti-Chinese SentimentThe Workingsmen's Party of CaliforniaThe Constitution of 1879The Frustration of ReformChinese Exclusion and SegregationChapter 16Economic GrowthThe Wheat BonanzaWinesThe Citrus IndustryThe Rise of Southern CaliforniaWater and LandElectric Railways and UrbanizationChapter 17Culture and OligarchyHenry GeorgeAmbrose BierceFrank NorrisJack LondonHistoriographyLords of the PressThe Arts and ArchitectureSchools, Colleges, and UniversitiesChapter 18Politics in the Era of Railroad DominationThe Colton LettersThe Huntington-Stanford FeudLos Angeles Fights for a Free HarborThe Funding BillThe Southern Pacific MachineWilliam F. HerrinFailure of Nineteenth-Century Reform MovementsChapter 19Labor and CapitalBackgrounds of the California Labor MovementThe Rise of Unions in San FranciscoTriumph of the Open Shop in Los AngelesAgricultural Labor: Unorganized and Disfranchised The IWWChapter 20The Roots of ReformBoss Ruef and the Union Labor PartyThe San Francisco Graft ProsecutionThe Good Government Movement in Los AngelesThe Lincoln-Roosevelt LeagueChapter 21The Republican Progressives in PowerPublic Utility RegulationGovernmental Efficiency and Finance"More Democracy""Nonpartisanship" and Cross-FilingWoman SuffragePublic MoralsThe Progressives and LaborThe Anti-Japanese MovementThe Decline of ProgressivismChapter 22The Triumph of ConservatismRise and Fall of the Socialist MovementThe Mooney CaseThe Criminal Syndicalism LawDecline of Organized Labor Collapse of the Democratic PartyThe Continuing Decline of Republican ProgressivismThe "Federal Plan" of ReapportionmentChapter 23New Industries for Southern CaliforniaOrigins of the Oil IndustryThe Oil Boom of the TwentiesThe Automobile RevolutionThe Movies Discover CaliforniaRise of "The Industry"Chapter 24Controversies over Land and WaterThe Yosemite and John MuirThe Hetch Hetchy ControversyThe Owens Valley-Los Angeles AqueductThe Boulder Canyon ProjectThe Colorado River AqueductThe Central Valley ProjectThe 160-Acre LimitChapter 25The Great Depression"Sunny Jim"Social MessiahsDepression and DeportationLabor StrifeUpton Sinclair and EpicFrom Merriam to OlsonChapter 26Cultural TrendsRobinson JeffersJohn SteinbeckWilliam Saroyan and Other WritersWilliam Randolph Hearst and Other JournalistsThe ArtsArchitectureChapter 27Wartime Growth and ProblemsThe Impact of Federal SpendingWartime shipyards"Americans All"Rise of the Aircraft IndustryThe "Relocation" of the Japanese AmericansChapter 28Politics California Style"Nonpartisanship" Favors the RepublicansFilling the VoidThe Governorship of Earl WarrenThe Spurious Issue of "Loyalty"The Governorship of Edmund G. BrownExtremists, Right and LeftChapter 29Industrialized Agriculture and Disorganized LaborGreen GoldThe Empire of Agribusiness"Farm Fascism" in the 1930sThe Rise and Fall of the Bracero ProgramUnionization Breaks Through"The Equal Protection of the Laws"Chapter 30Diversity and ConflictCalifornia IndiansAsiansAfrican AmericansLatinosWomenChapter 31A Season of DiscontentThe Growth Rate: Peak and SlowdownTransportationReapportionmentEducationCampus TurmoilThe Hippie MovementBlack RadicalismThe Decline of RadicalismChapter 32Culture and IdentityLiteraturePainting and SculptureArchitectureMusicChapter 33Recent California PoliticsThe Conservative RevivalThe Era of Limits and BeyondThe Politics of ResentmentThe Politics of ModerationChapter 34The Environment and EnergyRegional ProtectionBiodiversityGrowth ControlAir PollutionWater ResourcesPesticides and Toxic WastesRenewable EnergyNuclear PowerPetroleum DependencyThe Electric Energy CrisisChapter 35The New California EconomyThe Sunbelt ShiftThe Pacific RimThe Post-Industrial RevolutionHigh TechnologyThe Internet RevolutionThe Arsenal of AmericaTourism EntertainmentAgricultureChapter 36Contemporary California SocietyTransportationEducationHealth CareCriminal JusticeThe New CaliforniansIndexAppendix