Contested Eden : California before the Gold Rush / editors, Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Richard J. Orsi ; illustrations editor, Anthony Kirk ; associate editor, Marlene Smith-Baranzini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gutiérrez, Ramón A., 1951-

Orsi, Richard J.

Series:

California history sesquicentennial series ; 1.

California history sesquicentennial series ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

California--History--To 1846.

California.

History.

California--History--1846-1850.

Physical Description:

xi, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (1 color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press in association with the California Historical Society, [1998]

Summary:

This first California Sesquicentennial volume combines topics of interest to scholars and general readers alike. The essays investigate traditional historical subjects and also explore such areas as environmental science, women's history, and Indian history. Authored by distinguished scholars in their respective fields, each essay contains excellent summary bibliographies of leading works on pertinent topics.

This volume also features an extraordinary full-color photographic essay on the artistic record of the conquest of California by Europeans, as well as over seventy black-and-white photographs, some never before published.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520212738

0520212746

OCLC:

37043922