A companion to California history /
This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the fieldEssays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental historyEssays with...
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2014
West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014 |
| Edition: | Paperback edition |
| Series: | Blackwell companions to American history ;
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Index; Figures; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Introductory Essays; Chapter One: Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture; Chapter Two: Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History; Chapter Three: I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California through Visual Culture; Chapter Four: At the Crossroads: Defining California through the Global Economy; Part II: Early California; Chapter Five: Junípero Serra across the Generations
- Introductory Essays. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture / James Quay
- Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History / D J Waldie
- I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California through Visual Culture / Catherine Gudis
- At the Crossroads: Defining California through the Global Economy / Richard A Walker
- Early California. Junípero Serra across the Generations / Steven W Hackel
- Alta California, the Pacific, and International Commerce before the Gold Rush / David Igler
- Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society / Rosamaría Toruno Tanghetti
- Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century / Omar Valerio-Jiménez
- Conquest and Statehood. The 1850s / William Deverell
- Nature and Conquest: After the Deluge of '49 / Douglas Cazaux Sackman
- Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century / William Bauer
- Transformations in Late Nineteenth-century Rural California / David Vaught
- Transnational Commercial Orbits / Robert Chao Romero
- Reconsidering Conservation / Benjamin Heber Johnson
- Religion in the Early Twentieth Century / Darren Dochuk
- Immigration, Race, and the Progressives / Lon Kurashige
- New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s / Rick Wartzman
- Modern California. World War II / Arthur Verge
- Between Liberation and Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity / Daniel Hurewitz
- Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century / Kevin Allen Leonard
- The Long 1950s / Shana Bernstein
- Apportionment Politics, 1920-70 / Douglas Smith
- Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades / Kirse Granat May
- At the Center of Indian Country / Nicolas G Rosenthal
- Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics / Josh Sides
- A Generation of Leaders, but Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez / Miriam Pawel
- Hollywood Changes its Script / John Horn
- California Prospects in the Twenty-first Century. Immigration and Race in the Twenty-first Century / Bill Ong Hing
- Political Prospects in the Twenty-first Century / Raphael J Sonenshein
- Environmental Prospects in the Twenty-first Century / Jon Christensen
- Chapter Fifteen: Religion in the Early Twentieth CenturyChapter Sixteen: Immigration, Race, and the Progressives; Chapter Seventeen: New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s; Part IV: Modern California; Chapter Eighteen: World War II; Chapter Nineteen:Between Liberation and Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity; Chapter Twenty: Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century; Chapter Twenty-one: The Long 1950s; Chapter Twenty-two: Apportionment Politics, 1920-70; Chapter Twenty-three: Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades
- Chapter Six: Alta California, the Pacific, and International Commerce before the Gold RushChapter Seven: Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society; Chapter Eight: Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century; Part III: Conquest and Statehood; Chapter Nine: The 1850s; Chapter Ten: Nature and Conquest: After the Deluge of '49; Chapter Eleven: Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter Twelve: Transformations in Late Nineteenth-century Rural California; Chapter Thirteen: Transnational Commercial Orbits; Chapter Fourteen: Reconsidering Conservation
- Chapter Twenty-four: At the Center of Indian CountryChapter Twenty-five: Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics; Chapter Twenty-six: A Generation of Leaders, but Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez; Chapter Twenty-seven: Hollywood Changes its Script; Part V: California Prospects in the Twenty-first Century; Chapter Twenty-eight: Immigration and Race in the Twenty-first Century; Chapter Twenty-nine: Political Prospects in the Twenty-first Century; Chapter Thirty: Environmental Prospects in the Twenty-first Century