Contested Eden
Subtitle: California Before the Gold Rush (California History Sesquicentennial Series)
Contributors: Ramón A. Gutiérrez (Editor); Richard J. Orsi (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 31, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780520212749
Subjects: Cultural studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Local history; Social history; To 1846; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - General; History / General; California; 1846-1850
First sentence: History, as the study of change over time, always requires that we stop periodically to take stock.