California

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Wiley-Blackwell 2014년 06월 17일 출간

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The eighth edition of California: A History covers the entire scope of the history of the Golden State, from before first contact with Europeansthrough the present; an accessibleandcompelling narrative that comprises the stories of the many diverse peoples who have called, and currently do call, California home.Explores the latest developments relating to California's immigration, energy, environment, and transportation concernsFeatures concise chapters and a narrative approach along with numerous maps, photographs, and new graphic features to facilitate student comprehensionOffers illuminating insights into the significant events and people that shaped the lengthy and complex history of a state that has become synonymous with the American dreamIncludes discussion of recent n- and uniquely Californian n- social trends connecting Hollywood, social media, and Silicon Valley n- and most recently quot;Silicon Beachquot;

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List of Illustrations viiPreface xiChapter 1 California&'s Distinctiveness 1Chapter 2 The Native Americans 9Chapter 3 Exploring Baja and Alta California 21Chapter 4 Colonizers of the Frontier 32Chapter 5 Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos 40Chapter 6 California and Its Spanish Governors 47Chapter 7 Exploration and Foreign Interference 51Chapter 8 Arcadia 58Chapter 9 Mexican California 65Chapter 10 Infiltration and Revolt 73Chapter 11 On the Eve of American Rule 79Chapter 12 Trappers, Traders, and Homeseekers 85Chapter 13 American Conquest 98Chapter 14 Gold 107Chapter 15 Approaches to Statehood 120Chapter 16 Social Ferment 125Chapter 17 A New Culture at the Golden Gate 133Chapter 18 Post-Gold Rush Commerce 141Chapter 19 The Messy Land Problem 150Chapter 20 California and the Union 156Chapter 21 Ships and Rails 165Chapter 22 Agricultural and Urban Growth 171Chapter 23 Discrimination and Accommodation 182Chapter 24 Crushing or Saving the Indians? 191Chapter 25 Labor, the Farmers, and the New Constitution 202Chapter 26 California Culture, 1870&n-1918 207Chapter 27 Progressive Politics 221Chapter 28 Material Urban Growth 232Chapter 29 Water, Conservation, and Agriculture 245Chapter 30 Labor in an Industrial Age 254Chapter 31 The Depression Years 261Chapter 32 Twentieth-Century Culture 273Chapter 33 Sports and Leisure 293Chapter 34 Wartime Setbacks and Gains 301Chapter 35 World War II and Its Aftermath 310Chapter 36 The Beleaguered Sixties 322Chapter 37 Environmental Realities 333Chapter 38 From Reagan Conservatism to “Governor Moonbeam” 347Chapter 39 A New Ethnicity 354Chapter 40 From the Great Recession to the Rise of Silicon Beach 363Chapter 41 Glowing Past Versus T

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저자(글) Andrew Rolle

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Andrew Rolle is the Cleland Professor Emeritus of History at Occidental College and a Research Scholar at the Huntington Library. He has written more than twenty books on California, the American West, ethics, and psychohistory. One of his books, The Immigrant Upraised (University of Oklahoma, 1970), won the Commonwealth Award for nonfiction.Arthur C. Verge is Professor of History at El Camino College, Torrance, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award. He has written extensively on California culture. Among his works is Paradise Transformed: Los Angeles During the Second World War (Kendall Hunt, 2001).