Taming the Elephant : Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California /

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The final of four volumes in the 'California History Sesquicentennial Series', this text compiles original essays which treat the consequential role of post-Gold Rush California government, politics and law in the building of a dynamic state with lasting impact to the present day.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Orsi, Richard J., Burns, John F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Legislation.
Law.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Droit > Californie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Legislation > California > History > 19th century.
Law > California > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
California.
Californie > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Californie > Politique et gouvernement > 1850-1950.
Californie > Politique et gouvernement > 1846-1850.
California > Social conditions > 19th century.
California > Politics and government > 1850-1950.
California > Politics and government > 1846-1850.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Stephen Becker and Richard J. Orsi
  • Taming the elephant: an introduction to California's statehood and constitutional era / John F. Burns
  • A violent birth: disorder, crime, and law enforcement, 1849-1890 / Roger D. McGrath
  • The courts, the legal profession, and the development of law in early California / Gordon Morris Bakken
  • "We feel the want of protection": the politics of law and race in California, 1848-1878 / Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
  • Capturing California / Joshua Paddison
  • "Officialdom": California state government, 1849-1879 / Judson A. Grenier
  • "None could deny the eloquence of this lady": women, law, and government in California, 1850-1890 / Donna C. Schuele
  • The beginnings of Anglo-American local government in California / Edward Leo Lyman
  • An uncertain influence: the role of federal government in California, 1846-1880 / Robert J. Chandler.

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