(eBook PDF) Connecting California: Selections in Early American History 2nd Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1516544129
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1516544127
• Author: George Gastil

Connecting California is an innovative reader that illuminates the direct historical connections between the state of California and the United States. Featuring a selection of key documents, essays, and images from the past, the book illustrates California’s cultural, political, and economic importance to the development of early and modern America. Literary and transnational themes are explored to create a comprehensive yet reader-friendly learning experience for students.

The text progresses chronologically and includes an expansive array of source types designed to appeal to learners of all backgrounds and interests, with topics like food, dress, music, sports, and architecture included alongside more traditional subject matter.

The second edition features streamlined information to make the text more accessible and approachable, as well as additional primary documents, and discussion around, California Indians, Spanish-to-Mexican rule, and the Fifteenth Amendment, which granted California voting rights to African Americans and Asian Americans.
Table contents:

Section 1: The Perception of California: Region, Province, State, and Dream

1- Myth Vs. Reality

Section 2: Indigenous Peoples and Early European Exploration

2- California’s Native American Cultures

3- The Era of European Exploration

Section 3: Alta California: Spanish and Mexican Rule, 1768-1848

4- Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos, 1769-1821

5- Mexican Independence, 1821-1848

Section 4: The Americanization of California, 1846-1870

6- The Mexican-American War and the Gold Rush Era, 1846-1855

7- The Civil War Era and the Coming of the Railroad, 1850-1870

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