Autore	Sides Josh <1972->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lincoln, NE : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	979.4
Soggetto topico	Ranchers Pioneers Land tenure Land settlement Homestead law Frontier and pioneer life Farmers California - Rural conditions Frontier and pioneer life - California Homestead law - California - History Land tenure - California - History Farmers - California Ranchers - California Pioneers - California Land settlement - California - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Local history History Biographies.
ISBN	1-4962-2550-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Not much else beside -- A country of plantations and estates -- Instant relics -- Hard-bitten country -- Violent paradise -- Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley -- Mexican lands in Mexican hands -- Floods and utopias -- Taming the California desert -- Imperial Valley dreams -- Crashing the orange gates -- Exacting lives in the breadbasket -- The rarified Bay Area -- Among the trees of the North Coast -- Under the shadow of Mount Lassen -- Conclusion: Remembering homesteading -- Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910794441703321

Autore	Rolle Andrew F.
Edizione	[Eight edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (456 p.)
Disciplina	979.4
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-70094-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	California: A History; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations ; Preface ; Chapter 1 California's Distinctiveness ; Selected Readings; Chapter 2 The Native Americans ; Selected Readings; Chapter 3 Exploring Baja and Alta California ; Selected Readings; Chapter 4 Colonizers of the Frontier ; Selected Readings; Chapter 5 Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos ; Selected Readings; Chapter 6 California and Its Spanish Governors; Selected Readings; Chapter 7 Exploration and Foreign Interference ; Selected Readings; Chapter 8 Arcadia ; Selected Readings; Chapter 9 Mexican California Selected ReadingsChapter 10 Infiltration and Revolt; Selected Readings; Chapter 11 On the Eve of American Rule; Selected Readings; Chapter 12 Trappers, Traders, and Homeseekers ; Selected Readings; Chapter 13 American Conquest; Selected Readings; Chapter 14 Gold ; Selected Readings; Chapter 15 Approaches to Statehood; Selected Readings; Chapter 16 Social Ferment ; Selected Readings; Chapter 17 A New Culture at the Golden Gate ; Selected Readings; Chapter 18 Post-Gold Rush Commerce; Selected Readings; Chapter 19 The Messy Land Problem; Selected Readings Chapter 20 California and the Union Selected Readings; Chapter 21 Ships and Rails; Selected Readings; Chapter 22 Agricultural and Urban Growth; Selected Readings; Chapter 23 Discrimination and Accommodation ; Selected Readings; Chapter 24 Crushing or Saving the Indians? ; Selected Readings; Chapter 25 Labor, the Farmers, and the New Constitution ; Selected Readings; Chapter 26 California Culture, 1870-1918 ; Selected Readings; Chapter 27 Progressive Politics ; Selected Readings; Chapter 28 Material Urban Growth ; Selected Readings; Chapter 29 Water, Conservation, and Agriculture Selected ReadingsChapter 30 Labor in an Industrial Age ; Selected Readings; Chapter 31 The Depression Years ; Selected Readings; Chapter 32 Twentieth-Century Culture ; Selected Readings; Chapter 33 Sports and Leisure; Selected Readings; Chapter 34 Wartime Setbacks and Gains ; Selected Readings; Chapter 35 World War II and Its Aftermath ; Selected Readings; Chapter 36 The Beleaguered Sixties; Selected Readings; Chapter 37 Environmental Realities; Selected Readings; Chapter 38 From Reagan Conservatism to "Governor Moonbeam" ; Selected Readings; Chapter 39 A New Ethnicity ; Selected Readings Chapter 40 From the Great Recession to the Rise of Silicon BeachSelected Readings; Chapter 41 Glowing Past Versus Troubled Future ; Selected Readings; Appendix The Governors of California ; Index of Authors in Selected Readings ; Subject Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464718803321

Autore	Kryder-Reid Elizabeth
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, photographs
Disciplina	979.4
Collana	Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
Soggetto topico	ARCHITECTURE / History / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) ARCHITECTURE / Landscape Cultural property - Social aspects - California Cultural property - Political aspects - California Cultural landscapes - California Spanish mission buildings - California
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Classificazione	ARC008000HIS036140ARC005000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Missions, Memory, and Heritage -- 1. Into the Corral: Colonial Landscapes, Domination, and Resistance -- 2. Time Binding: The Invention of the Mission Garden -- 3. "Where It Belongs in Time and Place and Public Understanding" -- 4. Subtle and Peculiar Power: The Embodied Experience of Heritage -- Conclusion: Third Spaces and the Future of Mission Memory Practices -- Appendix: Plant List, Santa Barbara Mission Garden, 1903 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910156241403321

Autore	Birmingham Stephen
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina	979.4
Soggetto topico	Millionaires - California Rich people - California
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-5040-4105-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: The Gilded Man; Part One: The Seed Money; Chapter One: Liquid Gold; Chapter Two: Grants and Grabs; Chapter Three: The Big Four; Chapter Four: How to Buy a King; Chapter Five: Chronicle of Power; Chapter Six: The Great Museum War; Chapter Seven: Silver Kings and Other Royalty; Chapter Eight: Disasters, Natural and Unnatural; Part Two: The Easy Spenders; Chapter Nine: Throwing It Around; Chapter Ten: Prince and Pauper; Chapter Eleven: Wedding Bells; Chapter Twelve: Mother and Children; Chapter Thirteen: Tempest About a Teapot Chapter Fourteen: Final CurtainsChapter Fifteen: Scandals; Part Three: Blood and Water; Chapter Sixteen: J.I.'s Land; Chapter Seventeen: Tough Lady; Chapter Eighteen: End of the Battle; Chapter Nineteen: Overnight Tradition; Chapter Twenty: "Valley People"; Chapter Twenty-One: O Little Town; Chapter Twenty-Two: Finisterra; Postscript: Further On; Chapter Twenty-Three: The Gilded Nomads; Image Gallery; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466086303321

Autore	Lake Alison
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina	979.4
Soggetto topico	Missions, Spanish - California - History Indians of North America - Missions - California - History Spaniards - California - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8040-4022-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Native California before the missions -- All the world's a stage for Spain -- Exploration and settlement -- Establishment of the missions -- The messengers of St. Francis -- Conversion and mission life -- The women of mission California -- Spanish and Mexican settlement -- Colonial soldiers and the Presidio -- Style and layout of mission buildings -- Farming -- Mission trades and economy -- Indians of the missions -- Changing rule of the missions -- The decline of a civilization -- The cycle of decline and restoration -- Conclusion : the colonial rosary -- Appendix A : research and resources -- Appendix B : additional resources pertaining to California indians.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454371003321