California History

A Topical Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-03-28
Mått:178 x 254 x 12 mm
Vikt:422 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780882959719

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Gordon Morris Bakken is Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton.

Innehållsförteckning

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