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Taming the Elephant Politics Government and Law in Pioneer California California History Sesquicentennial Series 1st Edition by John F Burns, Richard J Orsi ISBN 0520234138 978-0520234130

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Taming the Elephant Politics Government and Law in Pioneer California California History Sesquicentennial Series 1st Edition John F. Burns Digital Instant Download

Author(s): John F. Burns, Richard J. Orsi
ISBN(s): 9781417508235, 141750823X
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 9.10 MB
Year: 2003
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0520234138

ISBN 13: 978-0520234130 

Author: John F. Burns, Richard J. Orsi 

Taming the Elephant is the last of four volumes in the distinguished California History Sesquicentennial Series, an outstanding compilation of original essays by leading historians and writers. These topical, interrelated volumes reexamine the meaning of the founding of modern California during the state’s pioneer period. General themes run through all four volumes: the interplay of traditional cultures and frontier innovation in the creation of a distinctive California society; the dynamic interaction of people and nature and the beginnings of massive environmental change; the impact of the California experience on the nation and the world; the influence of pioneer patterns on modern California; and the legacy of ethnic and cultural diversity as a major influence on the state’s history.

This fourth volume treats the role of post–Gold Rush California government, politics, and law in the building of a dynamic state, with influences that persist today. Provocative essays investigate the creation of constitutional foundations, law and jurisprudence, the formation of government agencies, and the development of public policy. Authors chart the roles played by diverse groups―criminals and peace officers, entrepreneurs and miners, farmers and public officials, defenders of discrimination and female and African American activists. The essays also explore subjects largely overlooked in the past, such as the significance of local and federal government in pioneer California and early struggles to secure civil rights for women and racial minorities.

Table of contents:

  1. Taming the Elephant: An Introduction to California’s Statehood and Constitutional Era

  2. A Violent Birth: Disorder, Crime, and Law Enforcement

  3. The Courts, the Legal Profession, and the Development of Law in Early California

  4. “We Feel the Want of Protection”: The Politics of Law and Race in California

  5. Capturing California

  6. “Officialdom”: California State Government

  7. “None Could Deny the Eloquence of This Lady”: Women, Law, and Government in California

  8. The Beginnings of Anglo-American Local Government in California

  9. An Uncertain Influence: The Role of the Federal Government in California

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