From California's gold fields to the Mendocino Coast : a settlement history across time and place /

This book explores the connections between geography and migration in relation to settlement development from the Sierra Nevada to California's north coast, focusing on the last half of the 1800s at various scales. It begins with settlers' individual-level movements and impacts, and then s...

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Main Author:	Otterstrom, Samuel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2017]
Subjects:	California, Northern > Discovery and exploration. California, Northern > History > 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life > California, Northern. Land settlement > California, Northern > History > 19th century.

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Summary:	This book explores the connections between geography and migration in relation to settlement development from the Sierra Nevada to California's north coast, focusing on the last half of the 1800s at various scales. It begins with settlers' individual-level movements and impacts, and then shifts to town creation at mid-level family and community scales, and ends with a large-scale synthesis of the interrelationships of population change, geography and history in the larger northern California region.
Physical Description:	viii, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.
ISBN:	9781943859283 1943859280