| Description |
xxii, 412 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Preface 1. Beginnings: From Fire and Ice to Indian Homeland 2. Spain's Greater California Coast 3. A Globally Connected Mexican Province 4. War and Gold: America's West Coast Eldorado 5. National Crisis, Statehood, and Social Change 6. Pacific-bound Rails, Hard Times, and Chinese Exclusion 7. Eldorado's Economic and Cultural Growth 8. Anti-Railroad Politics, Municipal Graft, and Labor Struggles 9. Governor Hiram Johnson and the Progressive Movement 10. Good Times and Bad: The Interwar Years 11. America's Pacific Bulwark: WW II and Its Aftermath 12. Liberalism at High Tide 13. The Conservative Backlash and the Politics of Limits 14. The Ongoing Pacific Shift Appendixes: A Chronology of California History; Governors of California Index. |
| Summary |
"Osborne's work is the first history text to explore the sweep of California's past in relationship to its connections within the maritime world of the Pacific Basin"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
California -- Commerce -- Pacific Area.
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California -- History, Naval.
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California -- History.
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California -- Relations -- Pacific Area.
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Pacific Area -- Commerce -- California.
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Pacific Area -- Relations -- California.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781118292174 (electronic bk.) |
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9781405194532 (pbk.) |
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9781405194549 (hardback) |
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