The Elusive Eden: A New History of California
by Rice, Richard; Bullough, William; Orsi, RichardEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-11
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary
The Elusive Eden charts the historical development of California, beginning with the evolution of the landscape and climate and the arrival of the first inhabitants, the Indians, through social, political, and environmental controversies of the present and the future. The book portrays a land of remarkable richness and complexity, settled by waves of people from diverse cultures. The text is organized chronologically into 10 parts, each developing a major theme or issue for a particular period in California's history. The first chapter of each part is a narrative that spotlights and dramatizes the personal responses of significant individuals at critical moments of historical change. The authors stress issues of current importance such as: ethnic groups, women, environmental history and social and cultural history.
Table of Contents
PART I: PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1: Californians and their History: Myths and Realities
CHAPTER 2: The Natural Setting
CHAPTER 3: The Native Peoples
PART II: EUROPEANS AND INDIANS: THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER 4: Estanislao's Rebellion
CHAPTER 5: Explorers and Indians
CHAPTER 6: Spanish California
PART III: THE PASTORAL ERA
CHAPTER 7: The Bear Flag Revolt
CHAPTER 8: Mexican California
CHAPTER 9: Foreign Penetration of California
PART IV: GOLD AND THE AMERICANIZATION OF CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER 10: Dame Shirley: A Yankee Lady in the California Mines
CHAPTER 11: The New El Dorad
CHAPTER 12: The Thirty-First State
PART V: THE RAILROAD ERA
CHAPTER 13: Confrontation at Mussel Slough
CHAPTER 14: The Coming of the Railroad
CHAPTER 15: California's Railway Era: Economic Development and Social Unrest
PART VI: CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION, 1880-1920
CHAPTER 16: San Francisco's Blind Boss
CHAPTER 17: Beginnings of Modern California
CHAPTER 18: Progressive California
PART VII: BETWEEN THE WARS, 1920-1940
CHAPTER 19: Super Sister: Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles
CHAPTER 20: Prosperity and the Rise of Southern California
CHAPTER 21: The Depression Decade
PART VIII: WORLD WAR II AND POSTWAR EXPANSION
CHAPTER 22: A Question of Loyalty
CHAPTER 23: World War II: The Beginning of a New Era
CHAPTER 24: Amazing Growth: After World War II
PART IX: The 1960's and After
CHAPTER 25: Prologues to Violence: Genesis of a Ghetto
CHAPTER 26: Dreams Deferred: The 1960's
CHAPTER 27: Eras of Limits: Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, and After
Part X: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: CRISIS IN THE MOST POPULOUS STATE
CHAPTER 28: Delta and the Peripheral Canal: California's Environmental Crisis in MicrocosmCHAPTER 29: California: Eden or Wasteland
CHAPTER 30: Challenges of Change
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