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California : an Interpretive History With Map Poster (9TH 08 Edition)
by James J. Rawls
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Synopses & Reviews The best selling text in California History today, James Rawls comprehensive, interpretive approach has engaged professors and students in discussion and analysis of the most populous and economically powerful state in the U.S. for over 30 years. Abundant graphics, maps, and photos bring California history alive for the student. This thoroughly updated ninth edition features a new six-part structure, placing the books thirty-six shorter chapters within the framework of larger, overarching themes. About the Author Rawls received his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley. He serves as an editor of California History, the journal of the California Historical Society. He has published many articles and reviews that have appeared in Journal of American History, Pacific Historical Reviews, and American Indian Quarterly. Table of Contents PrefacePart One: California Beginnings Chapter 1 Introduction: Geography and History The Origins of California Regional Diversity The Climates of CaliforniaChapter 2 The Original Californians Food and Population Aspects of Material Culture Location, Linguistic Groups, Tribes Social CultureChapter 3 Discovery, Exploration, and Founding The Finding and Naming of California Cabrillo and the Discovery of Alta California Francis Drake and Nova Albion The Manila Galleon and the California Coast Vizcaino and Monterey Spains Indian Policies The Mission as a Frontier Institution Galvez and the Plan for Alta California The Franciscans and Father Serra The Sacred ExpeditionChapter 4 Outposts of a Dying Empire Bucareli, Anza, and the Founding of San Francisco Neve and the Pueblos of San Jose and Los Angeles Native Resistance The Impact of the Missions Attempts at Reinforcement Exploration of the Central Valley The Coming of the Russians The Last Years Under the Spanish FlagChapter 5 A Marginal Province of a Troubled Republic Government and Politics in Theory and Practice The Secularization Problem From Echeandia to Figueroa Figueroa and Secularization Alvarado and Provincial Autonomy The Heyday of the RancherosChapter 6 American Infiltration: Trader, Trappers, and Settlers The Yankee Traders The Beaver Trappers Early Settlers Covered Wagons, 1841-1846Part Two: The Rush for RichesChapter 7 The American Conquest Overtures, Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Plans of the Polk Administration John Charles Fremont The Bear Flag Revolt The Mexican War and CaliforniaChapter 8 The Gold Rush and Economic Development Marshalls Discovery at Sutters Mill The Forty-EightersThe Forty-Niners The Diggings Early Mining Methods Mining Camp Law From an Adventure to a Profession An Economic Multiplier The Historical Significance of the Gold RushChapter 9 A New State and Frontier Politics Military Governments The Constitutional Convention and Its Problems The First Legislature The Admission of California to the Union The Feud Between Broderick and Gwin Movements for State Division California and the Civil War Chapter 10 Crime and Punishment The Nature of Vigilantism The Hounds in San Francisco The San Francisco Committee of 1851 Statewide Vigilance The San Francisco Committee of 1856 Chapter 11 Racial Oppression and Conflict Treatment of Mexican Miners Land-Title Troubles The Act of 1851 and the Land Commission Early Discrimination Against the Chinese The “Indian Question” Episodes in Extermination Decline and Exploitation Blacks Enslaved and Free Chapter 12 Culture and Anarchy Newspapers and Literary Magazines Writers of the Fifties Bret Harte Mark Twain Joaquin Miller Churches and SchoolsPart Three: The Railroad EraChapter 13 Building the Central Pacific Railroad Early Transportation Judah and the Conception of the Central Pacific Enter the Four “Associates” Federal and State Support Difficulties and the Death of Judah Solving the Problems of ConstructionChapter 14 The “Terrible Seventies” The Onset of Depression Transportation Monopoly Land Monopoly The Comstock and OverspeculationChapter 15 Political Turmoil and a New Constitution The Increase of Anti-Chinese Sentiment The Workingmens Party of California The Constitution of 1879 The Frustration of Reform Chinese ExclWorkingmensregationChapter 16 Economic Growth The Wheat Bonanza Wines The Citrus Industry The Rise of Southern California Water and Land Electric Railways and UrbanizationChapter 17 Culture and Oligarchy Henry George Ambrose Bierce Frank Norris Jack London Hubert Howe Bancroft Lords of the Press The Arts and Architecture Schools, Colleges, and Universities Chapter 18 Politics in the Era of Railroad Domination The Colton Letters The Huntington-Stanford Feud Los Angeles Fights for a Free Harbor The Funding Bill The Southern Pacific Machine William F. Herrin Failure of Nineteenth-Century Reform Movements Part Four: Modernization and its DiscontentsChapter 19 Labor and Capital Backgrounds of the California Labor Movement The Rise of Unions in San Francisco Triumph of the Open Shop in Los Angeles Agricultural Labor: Unorganized and Disfranchised The IWW Chapter 20 The Roots of Reform Boss Ruef and the Union Labor Party The San Francisco Graft Prosecution The Good Government Movement in Los Angeles The Lincoln-Roosevelt League Chapter 21 The Republican Progressives in Power Public Utility Regulation Governmental Efficiency and Finance More Democracy Nonpartisanship and Cross-Filing Woman Suffrage Public Morals The Progressives and Labor The Anti-Japanese Movement The Decline of Progressivism Chapter 22 The Triumph of Conservatism Rise and Fall of the Socialist Movement The Mooney Case The Criminal Syndicalism Law Decline of Organized Labor Collapse of the Democratic Party The Continuing Decline of Republican Progressivism The “Federal Plan” of ReapportionmentChapter 23 New Industries for Southern California Origins of the Oil Industry The Oil Boom of the Twenties The Automobile Revolution The Movies Discover California Rise of “The Industry”Chapter 24 Controversies over Land and Water The Yosemite and John Muir The Hetch Hetchy Controversy The Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct The Boulder Canyon Project The Colorado River Aqueduct The Central Valley Project The 160-Acre LimitPart Five: The State and the NationChapter 25 The Great Depression “Sunny Jim” Social Messiahs Depression and Deportation Labor Strife Upton Sinclair and EPIC From Merriam to OlsonChapter 26 Cultural Trends Robinson Jeffers John Steinbeck William Saroyan and Other Writers William Randolph Hearst and Other Journalists The Arts ArchitectureChapter 27 Wartime Growth and Problems The Impact of Federal Spending Wartime shipyards “Americans All” Rise of the Aircraft Industry The Relocation of the Japanese AmericansChapter 28 Politics California Style Nonpartisanship Favors the Republicans Filling the Void The Governorship of Earl Warren The Spurious Issue of “Loyalty” The Governorship of Edmund G. Brown Extremists, Right and LeftChapter 29 Industrialized Agriculture and Disorganized Labor Green Gold The Empire of Agribusiness “Farm Fascism” in the 1930s The Rise and Fall of the Bracero Program Unionization Breaks Through Equal Protection of the LawsChapter 30 Diversity and Conflict California Indians Asians African Americans Latinos WomenPart Six: The Challenge of CaliforniaChapter 31 A Season of Discontent The Growth Rate: Peak and Slowdown Transportation Reapportionment Education Campus Turmoil The Hippie Movement Black Radicalism The Decline of RadicalismChapter 32 Culture and Identity Literature Painting and Sculpture Architecture MusicChapter 33 Recent California Politics The Conservative Revival The Era of Limits and Beyond The Politics of Resentment The Perils of ModerationThe Politics of PersonalityChapter 34 The Environment and Energy Regional Protection Biodiversity Growth Control Air Pollution Water Resources Pesticides and Toxic Wastes Renewable Energy Nuclear Power Petroleum Dependency The Electric Energy CrisisChapter 35 The New California Economy The Sunbelt Shift The Pacific Rim The Post-Industrialism High Technology The Internet Revolution The Arsenal of America Tourism Entertainment AgricultureChapter 36 Contemporary California Society TransportationHousing Education Health Care Criminal Justice The New CaliforniansIndex
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780073313269
- Subtitle:
- An Interpretive History [With Map Poster]
- Author:
- Rawls, James J.
- Author:
- Bean, Walton
- Author:
- Rawls, James
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
- Subject:
- United States - General
- Copyright:
- 2008
- Edition Number:
- 9
- Publication Date:
- December 2006
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- College/higher education:
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 576
- Dimensions:
- 9.06x6.42x.95 in. 1.76 lbs.
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