Taming the elephant
Subtitle: politics, government, and law in pioneer California
By: John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi, editors ; illustrations editors Joshua Paddison and Teena Stern ; associate editor Marlene Smith-Baranzini.
Contributors: Burns, John F.; Orsi, Richard J.
Series: California history sesquicentennial series -- 4.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; Law -- California -- History -- 19th century.; Legislation -- California -- History -- 19th century.; California -- Politics and government -- 1846-1850.; California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950.; California -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Notes: "Published in association with the California Historical Society."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Stephen Becker and Richard J. Orsi; title: Taming the elephant: an introduction to California's statehood and constitutional era / John F. Burns; title: A violent birth: disorder, crime, and law enforcement, 1849-1890 / Roger D. McGrath; title: The courts, the legal profession, and the development of law in early California / Gordon Morris Bakken; title: "We feel the want of protection": the politics of law and race in California, 1848-1878 / Shirley Ann Wilson Moore; title: Capturing California / Joshua Paddison; title: "Officialdom": California state government, 1849-1879 / Judson A. Grenier; title: "None could deny the eloquence of this lady": women, law, and government in California, 1850-1890 / Donna C. Schuele; title: The beginnings of Anglo-American local government in California / Edward Leo Lyman; title: An uncertain influence: the role of federal government in California, 1846-1880 / Robert J. Chandler.