Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series)
Kevin Starris California State Librarian and University Professor at the University of Southern California. He is the author of the acclaimed multi-volume seriesAmericans and the California Dream(1973-1998).Richard J. Orsiis Professor of History at California State University, Hayward, and editor ofCalifornia History.He is the coeditor ofContested Eden: California before the Gold Rush(California, 1998) andA Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California(California, 1999).