| Contents Notes |
Contested Eden: an introduction / Ramón Gutiérrez -- A world of balance and plenty: land, plants, animals, and humans in a pre-European California / M. Kat Anderson, Michael G. Barbour, and Valerie Whitworth -- Indian peoples of California / William S. Simmons -- Seekers of the "Northern mystery": European exploration of California and the Pacific / Iris H.W. Engstrand -- Land, labor, and production: the colonial economy of Spanish and Mexican California / Steven W. Hackel -- "The child of the wilderness weeps for the father of our country": the Indian and the politics of church and state in provincial California / Michael J. González -- The creation and re-creation of California society / Douglas Monroy -- Between crucifix and lance: Indian-White relations in California, 1769-1848 / James A. Sandos -- Engendering the history of Alta, California, 1769-1848: gender, sexuality, and the family/ Antonia I. Castaäneda -- Serpent in the garden: environmental change in colonial California / William Preston -- Alta California's trojan horse: foreign immigration / Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- War in California, 1846-1848 / Lisbeth Haas. "One of a series of books written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the admission of California to the Union, emphasizes the natural environment, the history of the Indians, exploration, and social and economic history, rather than the traditional institutional studies of mission and presidio. Takes advantage of the latest research and includes contributions by leading scholars"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. |
