Author: Leigh Hadley IrvinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Brief biographies of prominent and influential people in California in the late 19th and early 20th century. With many portraits.
A History of the New California, Its Resources and People
Author: Leigh Hadley IrvinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Brief biographies of prominent and influential people in California in the late 19th and early 20th century. With many portraits.
We Are the Land
Author: Damon B. AkinsPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520976886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
“A Native American rejoinder to Richard White and Jesse Amble White’s California Exposures.”—Kirkus Reviews Rewriting the history of California as Indigenous. Before there was such a thing as “California,” there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make California. Rather, the lives and legacies of the people native to the land shaped the creation of California. We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive text of its kind, centering the long history of California around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it. Beginning with the ethnogenesis of California Indians, We Are the Land recounts the centrality of the Native presence from before European colonization through statehood—paying particularly close attention to the persistence and activism of California Indians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The book deftly contextualizes the first encounters with Europeans, Spanish missions, Mexican secularization, the devastation of the Gold Rush and statehood, genocide, efforts to reclaim land, and the organization and activism for sovereignty that built today’s casino economy. A text designed to fill the glaring need for an accessible overview of California Indian history, We Are the Land will be a core resource in a variety of classroom settings, as well as for casual readers and policymakers interested in a history that centers the native experience.
Historical Memoirs of New California
Author: Francisco PalóuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Study of the effect of contact with "white" society on a northwest coast Indian band.
California
Author: Kevin StarrPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 081297753X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
“A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr’s answer is a combination of great men, great ideas and great projects.”—The Economist From the age of exploration to the age of Arnold, the Golden State’s premier historian distills the entire sweep of California’s history into one splendid volume. Kevin Starr covers it all: Spain’s conquest of the native peoples of California in the early sixteenth century and the chain of missions that helped that country exert control over the upper part of the territory; the discovery of gold in January 1848; the incredible wealth of the Big Four railroad tycoons; the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906; the emergence of Hollywood as the world’s entertainment capital and of Silicon Valley as the center of high-tech research and development; the role of labor, both organized and migrant, in key industries from agriculture to aerospace. In a rapid-fire epic of discovery, innovation, catastrophe, and triumph, Starr gathers together everything that is most important, most fascinating, and most revealing about our greatest state. Praise for California “[A] fast-paced and wide-ranging history . . . [Starr] accomplishes the feat with skill, grace and verve.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Kevin Starr is one of california’s greatest historians, and California is an invaluable contribution to our state’s record and lore.”—MarIa ShrIver, journalist and former First Lady of California “A breeze to read.”—San Francisco
Historical Memoirs of New California
Author: Francisco PalóuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
HISTORY OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA,
Author: LEIGH HADLEY. IRVINEPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033670743
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A History of the New California, Its Resou
Author: Irvin Leigh H.A History of the New California
Author: Leigh Hadley IrvinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A History of the New California, Its Resources and People; Volume 1
Author: Leigh H 1863-1942 IrvinePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021463470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive history of California, from its discovery to the early 20th century. It covers major historical events, as well as the economic, social, and cultural developments of the state. The author is a renowned scholar of California history and this book is considered a classic in the field. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
HIST OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA ITS
Author: Leigh H. (Leigh Hadley) 1863-19 IrvinePublisher:
ISBN: 9781363007080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description