Contested Eden : California before the Gold Rush / edited by Ramón Gutiérrez, Richard J. Orsi.

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TextSeries: California history sesquicentennial series ; 1.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 396 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780520920552
0520920554
0585116679
9780585116679
1280087617
9781280087615
9780520212749
0520212746

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contested Eden.DDC classification:

979.4 21

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F864 .C735 1998eb

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Contested Eden / Ramón Gutiérrez -- A world of balance and plenty / M. Kat Anderson, Michael G. Barbour, and Valerie Whitworth -- Indian peoples of California / William S. Simmons -- Seekers of the "Northern mystery" / Iris H.W. Engstrand -- Land, labor, and production / Steven W. Hackel -- The child of the wilderness weeps for the father of our country / Michael J. González -- The creation and re-creation of California society / Douglas Monroy -- Between crucifix and lance / James A. Sandos -- Engendering the history of Alta, California, 1769-1848 / Antonia I. Castañeda -- Serpent in the garden / William Preston -- Alta, California's trojan horse / Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- War in California, 1846-1848 / Lisbeth Haas.

Summary: Celebrating the 150th birthday of the state of California offers the opportunity to reexamine the founding of modern California, from the earliest days through the Gold Rush and up to 1870. In this four-volume series, published in association with the California Historical Society, leading scholars offer a contemporary perspective on such issues as the evolution of a distinctive California culture, the interaction between people and the natural environment, the ways in which California's development affected the United States and the world, and the legacy of cultural and ethnic diversity in th.

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"Published in association with the California Historical Society."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Celebrating the 150th birthday of the state of California offers the opportunity to reexamine the founding of modern California, from the earliest days through the Gold Rush and up to 1870. In this four-volume series, published in association with the California Historical Society, leading scholars offer a contemporary perspective on such issues as the evolution of a distinctive California culture, the interaction between people and the natural environment, the ways in which California's development affected the United States and the world, and the legacy of cultural and ethnic diversity in th.

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