Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: Politics and Society. 1: Politics in a Divided World: California, 1769-1840. 2: Farming and Politics: Oregon, 1835-1857. 3: "The Land for the Old Californian": Nevada, 1849-1864
  • II: Personality, Ideology, and Political Culture. 4: A New Regime: California, 1849. Diversity and Gold Rush Democracy. The Dilemmas of Democratic Freedom. 5: A Liberal Commonwealth: Oregon, 1857. Nineteenth-Century Commonwealthmen. Virtue and Interest. 6: Between Golden and Gilded Ages: Nevada, 1864. The Old Californians. The Corporation and the Individual
  • III: History and Memory. 7: Progress and Poverty: California, 1849-1885. 8: Crisis and Renewal: Oregon, 1857-1890. 9: Industry and Exodus: Nevada, 1864-1885.