California History
Earthquake In Loma Prieta, California, 1989
Written especially for young readers in the elementary grades, the books in this series explain in clear terms the science and hardships of the histories of natural disasters, and include color photos throughout, glossary, chronology, index, and lis Copyr
Mudslide In Conchita, California, 2005
Written especially for young readers in the elementary grades, the books in this series explain in clear terms the science and hardships of the histories of natural disasters, and include color photos throughout, glossary, chronology, index, and lis Copyr
Roadside History of California
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Author Ruth Pittman writes with graceful ease and contagious enthusiasm about the missions, the gold rush, the rich cultural diversity, and political issues as old as California. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Orange Empire
This innovative history of California opens up new vistas on the interrelationship among culture, nature, and society by focusing on the state's signature export - the orange.
Berkeley at War
Berkeley, California stood at the center of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period in American history. In Berkeley at War, W.J.
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
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Reassesses the role of the California Gold Rush in the events and crises leading up to the Civil War, analyzing not only the hunger for gold, but also the squabbling over bringing California in as a slave state, the proposed division of the state in Copyr