Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush
- ISBN-10
- 0520212738
- ISBN-13
- 9780520212732
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Richard J. Orsi, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, California Historical Society
Description
"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 ins
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- 1998-03-31
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