California : a history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Starr, Kevin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Modern Library, [2005]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Modern Library chronicles ; 23.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Queen Calafia's Island: Place and first people.
  • Laws of the Indies: The Spanish Colonial era.
  • A troubled territory: Mexican California.
  • Striking it rich: The establishment of an American state.
  • Regulation, railroad, and revolution: Achievement and turmoil in the new state.
  • The higher provincialism: American life in an emergent region.
  • Great expectations: Creating the infra-structure of a mega-state.
  • Making it happen: Labor through the Great Depression and beyond.
  • War and peace: Garrison state and suburban growth.
  • O brave new world!: Seeking utopia through science and technology.
  • An imagined place: Art and life on the coast of dreams.
  • Ecumenopolis: Forging a world society.
  • Arnold!: Stewardship or squandered legacy?