California History

A Topical Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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This fresh departure from other California history readers offers students a compilation of engaging essays designed to complement any standard California history textbook or stand on its own as a progressive core text.The work of ten experts, this book presents interpretive examinations of an ecletic range of topics seldom, if ever, considered in standard texts, making it a welcome choice of supplementary reading for the full range of courses in California history.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-03-28
Mått178 x 254 x 12 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9780882959719

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Contributors viiPreface ixChapter One Managing the Gold Rush: California Indians and California History 1Lisa E. EmmerichChapter Two Wagon Wheels West: Trailblazers and Settlers in Mexican California 22Ronald C. WoolseyChapter Three L.A. behind Bars, 1847-1886: Establishing a Secure Institution 42John Joseph StanleyChapter Four Weather and History: The Climate of Nineteenth-Century Southern California 63Wayne N. EngstromChapter Five The Limits of Patriarchy: The "Unwritten Law" in California Legal History 84Gordon Morris BakkenChapter Six Educational Housekeepers: Female Reformers and the California Americanization Program, 1900-1927 108Danelle MoonChapter Seven Black Faces for Black Audiences: The Lincoln Motion Picture Company of Los Angeles 125John AndersonChapter Eight Stigmatizing Okies 146Nancy J. TaniguchiChapter Nine The Los Angeles Zoot-Suit Riots: Latin American Responds 173Ricardo Griswold del CastilloChapter Ten Vintibusiness California Style: The Wine Industry, 1769 to the Present 191Victor W. GeraciIndex 211