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• catalog abstract "Charts the historical development of California, beginning with the evolution of the landscape and climate and the arrival of the first inhabitants, the Indians, through social, political, and environmental controversies of the present and the future. The book portrays a land of remarkable richness and complexity, settled by waves of people from diverse cultures. The text is organized chronologically into ten parts, each developing a major theme or issue for a particular period in California's history. The first chapter of each part is a narrative that spotlights and dramatizes the personal responses of significant individuals at critical moments of historical change. The authors stress issues such as ethnic groups, women, environmental history, and social and cultural history.--From publisher description.".
• catalog contributor b12483839.
• catalog contributor b12483840.
• catalog contributor b12483841.
• catalog coverage "California History.".
• catalog created "c2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "c2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
• catalog description "Charts the historical development of California, beginning with the evolution of the landscape and climate and the arrival of the first inhabitants, the Indians, through social, political, and environmental controversies of the present and the future. The book portrays a land of remarkable richness and complexity, settled by waves of people from diverse cultures. The text is organized chronologically into ten parts, each developing a major theme or issue for a particular period in California's history. The first chapter of each part is a narrative that spotlights and dramatizes the personal responses of significant individuals at critical moments of historical change. The authors stress issues such as ethnic groups, women, environmental history, and social and cultural history.--From publisher description.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 666-671) and index.".
• catalog description "pt. I: Prologue. Californians and their history : myths and realities ; The natural setting ; The native peoples -- pt. II: Europeans and Indians : the California experience. Estanislao's rebellion, 1829 ; Explorers and Indians ; Spanish California -- pt. III: The pastoral era. The Bear Flag revolt ; Mexican California. 1821-1848 ; Foreign penetration of California -- pt. IV: Gold and the Americanization of California. Dame Shirley : a Yankee lady in the California mines ; The new El Dorado ; The thirty-first state -- pt. V: The railroad era. Confrontation at Mussel Slough, 1880 ; The coming of the railroad ; California's railway era : economic development and social unrest -- pt. VI: California and the nation, 1880-1920. San Francisco's blind boss ; Beginnings of modern California ; Progressive California -- pt. VII: Between the wars, 1920-1940. Super Sister : Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles ; Prosperity and the rise of Southern California ; The Depression decade -- pt. VIII: World War II and postwar expansion. A question of loyalty ; World War II : the beginning of a new era ; Amazing growth : California after World War II -- pt. IX: The 1960's and after. Prologues to violence : genesis of a ghetto ; Dreams deferred : the 1960s ; Eras of limits : Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, and after -- pt. X: Environment and society : crisis in the most populous state. The Delta and the Peripheral Canal : California's environmental crisis in microcosm ; California : Eden or wasteland? ; California confronts the new millennium.".
• catalog extent "xxi, 696 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0072418109 (acid-free paper)".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "c2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Boston : McGraw-Hill,".
• catalog spatial "California History.".
• catalog subject "979.4 21".
• catalog subject "F861 .R49 2002".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. I: Prologue. Californians and their history : myths and realities ; The natural setting ; The native peoples -- pt. II: Europeans and Indians : the California experience. Estanislao's rebellion, 1829 ; Explorers and Indians ; Spanish California -- pt. III: The pastoral era. The Bear Flag revolt ; Mexican California. 1821-1848 ; Foreign penetration of California -- pt. IV: Gold and the Americanization of California. Dame Shirley : a Yankee lady in the California mines ; The new El Dorado ; The thirty-first state -- pt. V: The railroad era. Confrontation at Mussel Slough, 1880 ; The coming of the railroad ; California's railway era : economic development and social unrest -- pt. VI: California and the nation, 1880-1920. San Francisco's blind boss ; Beginnings of modern California ; Progressive California -- pt. VII: Between the wars, 1920-1940. Super Sister : Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles ; Prosperity and the rise of Southern California ; The Depression decade -- pt. VIII: World War II and postwar expansion. A question of loyalty ; World War II : the beginning of a new era ; Amazing growth : California after World War II -- pt. IX: The 1960's and after. Prologues to violence : genesis of a ghetto ; Dreams deferred : the 1960s ; Eras of limits : Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, and after -- pt. X: Environment and society : crisis in the most populous state. The Delta and the Peripheral Canal : California's environmental crisis in microcosm ; California : Eden or wasteland? ; California confronts the new millennium.".
• catalog title "The elusive eden : a new history of California / Richard B. Rice, William A. Bullough, Richard J. Orsi.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".