{"product_id":"a-companion-to-california-history-isbn-9781405161831","title":"A Companion to California History","description":"This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProduced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introductory Essays 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Quay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. J. Waldie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California through Visual Culture 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Gudis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. At the Crossroads: Defi ning California through the Global Economy 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard A. Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Early California 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Junípero Serra across the Generations 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven W. Hackel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Alta California, the Pacifi c, and International Commerce before the Gold Rush 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Igler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosamaría Toruño Tanghetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOmar Valerio-Jiménez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Conquest and Statehood 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The 1850s 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Deverell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Nature and Conquest: After the Deluge of ’49 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Cazaux Sackman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Bauer, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth-century Rural California 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Vaught\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Transnational Commercial Orbits 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Chao Romero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Reconsidering Conservation 246\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Heber Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Religion in the Early Twentieth Century 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDarren Dochuk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLon Kurashige\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRick Wartzman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Modern California 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. World War II 311\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur Verge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Between Liberation and Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Hurewitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin Allen Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Long 1950s 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShana Bernstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Apportionment Politics, 1920–70 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirse Granat May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. At the Center of Indian Country 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicolas G. Rosenthal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosh Sides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. A Generation of Leaders, but Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiriam Pawel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Hollywood Changes its Script 443\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Horn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V California Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 453\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Immigration and Race in the Twenty-first Century 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBill Ong Hing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Political Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 472\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaphael J. Sonenshein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Environmental Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Christensen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 499\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.”  (\u003ci\u003eNative American Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 8 January 2014)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is a useful book. For somebody whose training is in history, like me, there is enough substance in each chapter to make it worthwhile.... Like all Blackwell Companions, this volume is pleasant to use and handle.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)  \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deverell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of numerous publications including \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the American West\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2004), \u003ci\u003eWhitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and (edited with Greg Hise) \u003ci\u003eLand of Sunshine: The Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angel\u003c\/i\u003ees (2005).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Igler\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at University of California, Irvine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Cowboys: Miller \u0026amp; Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and co-editor (with Clark Davis) of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Tradition in California\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). He has published articles in the numerous history journals, including the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental History\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Urban History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California from its inception to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by both senior scholars and new voices in the field as well as non-academic subject specialists, the essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history. The volume’s unique structure pairs and groups essays that are similar in approach and conception so they work both as individual pieces and also as companions to each other throughout the text.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging out of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, a new research and teaching project associated with the Huntington Library and the University of Southern California, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion to California History\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable resource for students and researchers of the history of the Golden State.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A rich harvest of the New California History, grown to ripeness and diversity in the garden planted by Carey McWilliams and Kevin Starr.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e, University of California, Irvine  \u003cp\u003e\"In tandem with the emergence of California as a nation-state of global importance, the assessment of California – as place, people, society, culture, and history – has gone into Warp Speed. Nowhere is this more evident than in this brilliant and eminently useful Starship Enterprise of California studies by an elite crew of Next Generation experts.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eKevin Starr\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Southern California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Like the best of California, the engaging essays collected in this compendium reveal – and revel in – a history of immense diversity and astonishing possibility. More than a \"companion,\" these dazzling essays offer a friendly \"field guide\" to California's past (and an excellent vantage point from which to contemplate its present and future).\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eStephen Aron\u003c\/b\u003e, UCLA and Autry Institute for the Study of the American West\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988603289829,"sku":"NP9781405161831","price":295.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405161831.jpg?v=1761780934","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-california-history-isbn-9781405161831","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}