{"product_id":"pacific-eldorado-isbn-9781405194549","title":"Pacific Eldorado","description":"\u003cb\u003ePACIFIC ELDORADO\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePACIFIC ELDORADO A HISTORY OF GREATER CALIFORNIA \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia‘s rich and complex history has long been shaped by its relationship with the vast ocean along its western shores. \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first comprehensive text to explore the entire sweep of California‘s past in relationship to the maritime world of the Pacific Basin. Noted historian Thomas J. Osborne dispels the commonly held notion of pre-Gold Rush California as a remote and isolated backwater. He traces the evolution of America‘s most populous state from the time of prehistoric Asian seafarers and sixteenth-century Spanish explorers through to its emergence in the modern world as a region whose unmatched resources and global influence have rendered it a veritable super state — a Greater California whose history has far exceeded its geographical boundaries. Interspersed throughout the text are “Pacific Profiles,” brief chronicles of notable figures who have made an impact on the state‘s history. At once scholarly and accessible, \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e offers a strikingly original interpretation of the origins and evolution of an extraordinary American state.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xvi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Fireman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Beginnings: From Fire and Ice to Indian Homeland 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 2\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Landforms 2\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Climates 6\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Plants and Animals 8\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First Peoples and Their New Homeland 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tribal and Linguistic Groupings 12\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Material Culture 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Religion and Social Practices 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Chumash: Pacific Coast Mariners and Traders 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Other Possible Early Voyagers to California 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Spain's Greater California Coast 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Name, a Dream, a Land 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cabrillo's Coastal Reconnaissance 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Globalization Begins: The Manila Galleon Trade 30\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drake, Nova Albion, and Cermeño 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Spanish Pacific, Vizcaíno, and Monterey 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Colonizing California: Missions, Indians, and the Sea 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ranchos, Presidios, and Pueblos 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gender and Sexuality in a Frontier Society 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Alejandro Malaspina, Mariner-Explorer 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The TransPacific Fur Trade 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hippolyte de Bouchard's Pirate Raids 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 A Globally Connected Mexican Province 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mexico's Misrule of California 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Secularization of the Missions 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hides, Tallow, and Rancho Society 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fur Trappers 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Early Settlers and Overland Emigrants 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Alpheus B. Thompson, China Trader 70\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Thar She Blows:\" New England Whalers 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Charles Wilkes Pacific Expedition 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 War and Gold: America's West Coast Eldorado 78\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e California and the Pacific Squadron 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jumping the Gun at Monterey 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Polk, the Pacific, and the Outbreak of War 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e California and the Mexican War 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gold, Ships, and Wagon Trains 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: William H. Aspinwall, President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The World Rushed In 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Life in the Diggings 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Gold Rush's International Economic Impacts 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 National Crisis, Statehood, and Social Change 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Constitution, a Legislature, a State 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Land Disputes and Independence Movements 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vigilance Committees and Untamed Politicians 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Filibusterers 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e California, the Pacific, and the Civil War 118\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ocean Crossings: The Chinese on Sea and Land 120\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Norman Asing, Chinese American Restaurateur 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Californios and Other Spanish-Speakers 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indians: A People under Siege 126\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e African Americans: Up from Bondage 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Pacific-Bound Rails, Hard Times, and Chinese Exclusion 132\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Transcontinental Railroad, California, and Pacific Commerce 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Theodore Judah, the Big Four, and the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Laborers and the Push Eastward 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Southern Pacific Railroad and the American West 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Seafaring Journalist Charles Nordhoff 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Transpacific Steamers 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Depression and the Anti-Chinese Movement 148\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Constitution of 1879 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Halting Chinese Immigration 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Eldorado's Economic and Cultural Growth 158\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Water, Land, and Rural Development 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Commercial Agriculture 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Black and White Gold 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Interurban Railways and Southern California's Rise 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e California's Maritime Economy 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: David Laamea Kalakaua, King of Hawai'i and Visitor 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e California and the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War 176\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Cosmopolitan Culture 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Anti-Railroad Politics, Municipal Graft , and Labor Struggles 186\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Battle of Mussel Slough 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Angry Widow Sues: The Colton Letters 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Gateway: Locating a Harbor in Los Angeles 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Phineas Banning, Port of Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Promoter 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Debt Dodging Denounced 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Southern Pacific Political Machine 194\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The \"Queen City of the Pacific:\" Boss Ruef 's San Francisco 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Foiled Reform: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Graft Trials 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Maritime and Factory Labor 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Field Work and the Wheatland Riot 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Governor Hiram Johnson and Pacific-Oriented Progressivism 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Beginnings of Reform 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An \"Aggressive Advocate\" and the 1910 Election 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Regulating the Economy 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Democratizing Politics, Subsidizing Education 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Women's Suffrage and Public Morals 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Water: Cities in a State of Thirst 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: George Freeth, Southern California Surfer Extraordinaire 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e San Francisco, TransPacific Racial Tensions, and Angel Island 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e African Americans, Hispanics and Filipinos, Sikhs, and Indians 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Maritime Trade and the Panama Pacific Exposition 232\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Twilight of Progressivism 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Good Times and Bad in a Pacific Rim Super State 238\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 239\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mass Entertainment: Hollywood Movies, Pacific Fun Zones, and the Olympics 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Extending California's Water Infrastructure 242\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Agribusiness and Banking 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 1920s Oil Boom 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Maritime Enterprises 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Transportation: Automobiles and Airplanes 250\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Charles Kingsford-Smith's TransPacific Flight 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conservatism Restored 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Religious Awakenings and Developments 254\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Freedom-Minded and Other Women 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Great Depression: Strikes and Panaceas 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cultural Expression of a High Order 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 America's Pacific Bulwark: World War II and Its Aft ermath 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 268\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Military Installations: Forts, Naval Bases, and Airfields 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Wages of War: Shipyards, Aircraft Plants, and Universities 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Opportunities and Prejudice: Women and Minorities 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Japanese Imprisonment 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Manzanar Inmate and Writer 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Postwar Military-Industrial Complex and International Relations 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Population Growth, Housing, and Discrimination 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Green Gold: Agribusiness and Labor 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Governor Earl Warren: Progressive Republican 288\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Richard Nixon and the Anti-Communist Crusade 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Liberalism at High Tide 295\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eTimeline 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Prosperity, Suburbanization, and Consumerism 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Entertainment Media, Sports, and Amusement Parks 300\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The San Francisco Renaissance and the Arts 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Politics: Goodwin Knight, Pat Brown, and Reforming Government Operations 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Enhancing the Super State: Water, Transit, and Universities 306\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Students in Dissent, Campuses in Revolt 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: S.I. Hayakawa, San Francisco State College President 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Minorities and Women 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coastal Counterculture in the 1960s 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 \"Gold Coast\" Conservatism and the Politics of Limits 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 324\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Ultra-Right-Wingers to Mainstream Suburban Warriors 326\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ronald Reagan: The \"Cowboy\" Governor 328\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Governor Jerry Brown: The Zen of Politics and Frugality 331\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Crime and Racial Tensions 334\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Business and Labor 336\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Jerry Yang, Co-founder and CEO, Yahoo! Inc. 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Protecting the Environment and Supplying Energy 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Governor George Deukmejian's Right Turn 345\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Voter Resentment, Term Limits, and Wedge Politics 346\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Governor Pete Wilson and a Roller-Coaster Economy 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Architecture and Fine Arts, Sports, and Entertainment 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Ongoing Pacific Shift 356\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Timeline 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Immigration, Diversity, and the Politics of Multiculturalism 359\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pacific Profile: Novelist Isabel Allende 364\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Governor Gray Davis: An Able Moderate under Fire 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The \"Governator:\" Arnold Schwarzenegger 366\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Infrastructure Matters: Schools, Transportation, Health Care, and Prisons 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The High-Stakes Gubernatorial Election of 2010 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Economic and Political Colossus 374\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Major Environmental and Energy Challenges 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Pacific, the U.S Military, and California 383\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Still the Pacific Eldorado 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Summary 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Questions 386\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Further Readings 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix: Governors of California, 1768–2012 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex 392\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“A whole new generation of historians has been discovering California in a new context. ... This textbook—a gift to teachers of California history—will also be useful for anyone seeking to understand the Golden State in a global context.” – \u003ci\u003eBoom: A Journal of California\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring 2014\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Osborne... does a very good job of updating standard narratives and finding a way to pull them together.\"   (\u003ci\u003eSouthern California Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas J. Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of History at Santa Ana College, where he received the inaugural Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award. He earned his Ph.D. in history from Claremont Graduate University and is the author and co-author of a number of scholarly publications, including \u003ci\u003ePaths to the Present:Thoughts on the Contemporary Relevance of America‘s Past\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Fred R. Mabbutt) and \u003ci\u003e“Empire Can Wait”: American Opposition to Hawaiian Annexation,\u003c\/i\u003e 1893-1898.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePACIFIC ELDORADO A HISTORY OF GREATER CALIFORNIA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalifornia‘s rich and complex history has long been shaped by its relationship with the vast ocean along its western shores. \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first comprehensive text to explore the entire sweep of California‘s past in relationship to the maritime world of the Pacific Basin. Noted historian Thomas J. Osborne dispels the commonly held notion of pre-Gold Rush California as a remote and isolated backwater. He traces the evolution of America‘s most populous state from the time of prehistoric Asian seafarers and sixteenth-century Spanish explorers through to its emergence in the modern world as a region whose unmatched resources and global influence have rendered it a veritable super state — a Greater California whose history has far exceeded its geographical boundaries. Interspersed throughout the text are “Pacific Profiles,” brief chronicles of notable figures who have made an impact on the state‘s history. At once scholarly and accessible, \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e offers a strikingly original interpretation of the origins and evolution of an extraordinary American state.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “\u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative and compelling account of California history, and it also offers so much more than a standard textbook.  Thomas Osborne has brilliantly placed California in its ‘greater’ geographic and historical setting—the Pacific Basin—and he has done so in a highly accessible way for students and scholars.  This is a tremendous achievement.” —\u003ci\u003eDavid Igler, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “A fresh and compelling interpretation of California history that places the state in a new and welcome perspective. This book, in other words, delivers on the promise of its title.\" —\u003ci\u003eGlenna Matthews, author of\u003c\/i\u003e The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the Republican Party, and the Birth of Modern California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this splendid volume, Thomas Osborne offers a striking reformulation of prevailing interpretations of California history by introducing the concept of \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e, which elucidates the significant, but heretofore largely unexplored, connections between California and the Pacific world.” —\u003ci\u003eSpencer C. Olin, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“From prehistory to the 2010 election, this book masterfully makes California history new and richly engaging. With its compelling human stories and wealth of illustrations, \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e draws us in and keeps us reading. I regretted reaching the end.” —\u003ci\u003eJanet Farrell Brodie, Claremont Graduate University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A fresh and lively contribution to the history of California.”  —\u003ci\u003eKerwin Klein, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Utilizing the latest research, \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e captivates the reader with a balanced, up-to-date, innovative history of California with a Pacific edge. Informative, memorable, and highly recommended!” —\u003ci\u003eNancy Taniguchi, California State University, Stanislaus\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “Smartly synthesizes 500 years of California history, from its shifting bedrock to its evolving social dynamics. . . . – a stellar rendering.” —\u003ci\u003eChar Miller, Pomona College, and author of\u003c\/i\u003e Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Thomas Osborne brings a new contribution to current discourse about California and its past to reveal a grand tapestry of connections and a multi-hemispheric pattern of interaction with the Pacific world.” —\u003ci\u003efrom the Foreword by Janet Fireman, Loyola Marymount University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “Through the pages of \u003ci\u003ePacific Eldorado\u003c\/i\u003e new content and important context about California’s lively history beckons readers.  This book explains how California’s past informs its future.”—\u003ci\u003eLarry E. Burgess, Director, A.K. Smiley Public Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989745713381,"sku":"NP9781405194549","price":89.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405194549.jpg?v=1761785329","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pacific-eldorado-isbn-9781405194549","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}