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| Preface | |
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| California's Origins: The Land and the People, Before Spanish Settlement | |
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| Diversity: Origins of California and Its Native Peoples | |
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| Cycles of Life: The Food Quest, Spirituality, and Rituals | |
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| The Food Quest | |
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| Spirituality | |
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| Rituals | |
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| A Closer Look: Six Regional Peoples | |
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| The Gabrielino/Tongva | |
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| The Chumash | |
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| The Costanoans | |
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| The Miwoks and Yokuts | |
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| The Shastans | |
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| Significance: The Importance of California Natives and Other North American Native Peoples in Non-Indian History | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Spanish Colonization of California, 1769-1821 | |
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| The Spanish Conquest and Empire | |
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| Spain's Exploration of the Californias | |
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| Early Maritime Exploration and Encounters | |
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| The First California Colony | |
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| Demographic and Ethnic Growth of California | |
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| The Missions | |
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| Neophyte Resistance | |
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| Evaluation of the California Missions | |
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| Establishing Presidios and Pueblos | |
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| Gender Relations in Spanish California | |
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| Spanish Californian Culture | |
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| Political Developments in Spanish California | |
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| The Wars of Independence in New Spain | |
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| Foreign Interest in Spanish California | |
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| The Importance of the Spanish Era in California | |
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| Mexican California, 1821-1846 | |
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| A New Political Order | |
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| Early Self-Government: Sola and Arguello | |
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| The Governorship of Jose Maria Echeandia | |
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| Rebellion Against Centralism: Governor Victoria | |
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| Secularization of the Missions: Jose Figueroa | |
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| Rebellion, Revolution, and Home Rule | |
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| Micheltorena and the Catesby Jones Affair | |
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| The Rise of the Ranchos | |
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| Environmental Changes | |
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| Social Relations in Mexican California | |
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| The Growth of Town Governments | |
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| Californianas: Mexican Californian Women | |
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| Mexican-Indian Relations | |
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| Immigrants and Foreigners | |
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| California and the World | |
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| Summary | |
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| War, Conquest, and Gold: The American Era Begins, 1845-1855 | |
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| The War Between the United States and Mexico | |
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| Manifest Destiny | |
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| Fremont and the Bear Flaggers | |
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| Occupation and Resistance | |
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| California Indians and the War | |
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| Peace | |
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| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | |
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| The Divided Mind of the Californios | |
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| The Gold Rush | |
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| Gold! The Discovery of 1848 | |
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| The Argonauts | |
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| Camp Life | |
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| Nativism and Racism | |
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| The Legendary Life of Joaquin Murrieta | |
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| California Transformed | |
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| Conquest of the Californios | |
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| Conquest of the Indians | |
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| Economic Transformation | |
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| The Golden State | |
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| A New Direction | |
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| California and the Crisis of the Union, 1850-1870 | |
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| Crisis and Conflict in the 1850s | |
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| The Compromise of 1850 | |
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| San Francisco's Crisis of Political Legitimacy: Vigilantism in the 1850s | |
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| Violence and Displacement: California Indians in the 1850s | |
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| The Politics of Land and Culture | |
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| Californians and the Crisis of the Union | |
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| Fighting Slavery in California | |
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| Sectional Issues and California Politics | |
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| California and Civil War | |
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| Reconstruction and New Understandings of Citizenship | |
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| Economic Growth in a Time of National Crisis | |
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| The Transformation of Mining | |
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| Economic Diversification | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Tying Together the Union with Iron | |
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| New Social and Cultural Patterns | |
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| Gender Roles and New Social Institutions | |
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| The Growth of Religious Toleration | |
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| Writing the Gold Rush | |
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| Summary | |
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| California in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900 | |
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| The Economic Transformation of California and the West | |
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| Railroad Expansion | |
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| Mining and Finance | |
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| Agriculture | |
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| Water | |
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| Rise of Organized Labor | |
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| San Francisco: Metropolis of the West | |
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| New Social Patterns | |
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| Education | |
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| Changing Gender Roles | |
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| California Indians | |
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| Changing Patterns of Ethnicity | |
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| Politics | |
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| Political Discontent in the 1870s | |
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| The Second Constitutional Convention, 1878 | |
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| Politics in the 1880s | |
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| Political Realignment in the 1890s | |
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| California and the World: War with Spain and Acquisition of the Philippines | |
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| Cultural Expression | |
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| Summary | |
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| California in the Progressive Era, 1895-1920 | |
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| The Origins of California Progressivism | |
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| The Many Shapes of Progressivism | |
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| Municipal Reform: Los Angeles | |
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| Municipal Reform: San Francisco | |
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| Organized Labor in the Progressive Era | |
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| Efforts to Reform State Government Before 1910 | |
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| Social and Economic Change in the Progressive Era | |
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| Immigration and Ethnic Relations | |
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| Economic Changes | |
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| Earthquake and Fire in 1906 | |
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| Water Wars | |
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| California in the World Economy | |
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| California Progressivism, 1910-1920 | |
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| Hiram Johnson and the Victory of the Progressives, 1910-1911 | |
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| California Progressives and the Presidential Election of 1912 | |
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| Radicals in a Progressive Era | |
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| A Second Flood of Reform, 1913 | |
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| The Progressive Tide Recedes, 1914-1920 | |
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| Californians in a World of Revolutions and War | |
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| Californians and the Mexican Revolution | |
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| War in Europe and Conflict at Home | |
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| Californians Go to War | |
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| Peace and the Backwash of War | |
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| The Meaning of Progressivism for Californians | |
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| Summary | |
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| California Between the Wars, 1919-1941 | |
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| The Rise of Los Angeles: Twentieth-Century Metropolis | |
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| The Economic Basis for Growth | |
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| The Automobile and the Growth of Southern California | |
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| Prosperity Decade: The 1920s | |
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| Politics in a Time of Prosperity | |
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| New Economic Patterns | |
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| New Social Patterns | |
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| Cultural Expression | |
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| Depression Decade: The 1930s | |
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| Impact of the Great Depression | |
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| Labor Conflict | |
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| Federal Politics: The Impact of the New Deal | |
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| State Politics: The Rise of the Democrats | |
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| Cultural Expression During the Depression Decade | |
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| California on the Eve of War | |
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| Summary | |
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| World War II and the Great Transformation | |
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| Economic Expansion | |
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| Overview of the War's Economic Impact | |
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| The Aircraft Industry | |
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| Shipbuilding | |
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| Agriculture | |
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| Other Industry | |
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| Japanese Relocation and Internment | |
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| The Unfolding Tragedy | |
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| Relocation and Internment | |
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| Population Growth and Diversity | |
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| Black Migration | |
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| New Challenges and Opportunities | |
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| Shifting Gender Relations | |
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| Daily Life and Culture | |
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| Wartime Challenges | |
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| Entertainment | |
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| Political Transformation | |
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| Change from the Grassroots | |
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| Change at the Top | |
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| Summary | |
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| Postwar California: Prosperity and Discontent in the Golden State | |
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| Unbridled Growth | |
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| Industrial Growth and Organized Labor | |
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| Education | |
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| Population and Suburban Growth | |
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| Transportation, Energy, Water Resources, and Environmental Pollution | |
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| Postwar Politics | |
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| California's Red Scare | |
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| Warren and Knight | |
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| Edmund G. Brown | |
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| Liberalism at the Municipal Level | |
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| Social and Cultural Dissent | |
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| Diversity and Inequality | |
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| Student Activism | |
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| Cultural Developments | |
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| Summary | |
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| Contested Visions: Activism and Politics, 1964-1970 | |
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| Seeds of Change | |
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| From Civil Rights to Civil Unrest | |
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| Black Power | |
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| Justice in the Fields | |
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| The Antiwar Movement and the Counterculture | |
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| The Movement Expands | |
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| The Chicano Movement | |
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| Taking the Rock | |
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| Change and Activism Along the Pacific Rim | |
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| Emerging Feminist and Gay Rights Movements | |
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| Politics in the Age of Dissent | |
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| The Decline of Liberalism | |
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| Reagan as Governor | |
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| Summary | |
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| Era of Limits | |
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| The Legacy of the Sixties | |
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| Feminism, Disability Rights, and Gay Pride | |
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| Multiethnic Politics, Economies, and Culture | |
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| Economic Changes and Environmental Constraints | |
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| The Economy | |
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| Environmental Activism and Constraints | |
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| Politics in the Era of Limits | |
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| Edmund G. Brown, Jr. | |
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| Deukmejian | |
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| Summary | |
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| California Enters the New Millennium | |
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| A New Kind of California | |
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| The Los Angeles Riots and the O.J. Simpson Trial | |
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| The Rise of Latino California | |
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| Changing Ethnic Demographics | |
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| The Economy | |
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| From Recession to Boom | |
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| An Economy for the New Millennium? | |
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| Going Global | |
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| A Redistribution of Income? | |
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| The Challenges of Growth | |
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| Education | |
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| Health Care and Housing | |
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| Transportation and Energy | |
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| California and September 11, 2001 | |
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| Politics in the New California | |
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| Government by Initiative | |
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| The Governorship of Peter Wilson | |
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| The Governorship of Gray Davis | |
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| The Governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger | |
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| Religion, Culture, and the Arts | |
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| Spirituality in the Midst of Materialism | |
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| Fitness, Health, and Entertainment | |
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| Cultural Expression | |
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| The California Dream in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Summary | |
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| Governors of California: 1767 to Present | |
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| Glossary of Spanish Terms | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Index | |