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California : this golden land of promise / Joan Irvine Smith, Jean Stern ; foreword by James L. Doti ; timeline by James Irvine Swinden.
- Title
- California : this golden land of promise / Joan Irvine Smith, Jean Stern ; foreword by James L. Doti ; timeline by James Irvine Swinden.
- Author
- Smith, Joan Irvine
- Publication
- Irvine, Calif. : Chapman University Press : Irvine Museum, c2001.
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- Description
- 365 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.); 32 cm.
- Summary
- This book describes the geography, history, and industry of California, as well as other facts about the state.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Pictorial works
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-355) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The first settlers -- People of the Oaks -- Spanish exploration of California -- Father Kino and the Jesuit missions -- The Portolá expedition -- The missions of California -- San Juan Capistrano: the jewel of the missions -- De Anza and the colonization of California -- Secularization of the missions -- California's golden age -- Foreigners in California -- Trappers and mountain men -- Politics in California: 1831-1845 -- The American conquest of California -- The gold rush -- The journey to California -- Statehood -- James Irvine I: founder of the Irvine Ranch.
- ISBN
- 097140920X
- LCCN
- ^^2001135809
- OCLC
- 48654272
- SCSB-10809952
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library