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245 0 0 |a Taming the elephant :  |b politics, government, and law in pioneer California /  |c John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi, editors ; illustrations editors Joshua Paddison and Teena Stern ; associate editor Marlene Smith-Baranzini. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c ©2003. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) :  |b illustrations. 
490 1 |a California history sesquicentennial series ;  |v 4 
500 |a "Published in association with the California Historical Society." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Preface / Stephen Becker and Richard J. Orsi -- Taming the elephant: an introduction to California's statehood and constitutional era / John F. Burns -- A violent birth: disorder, crime, and law enforcement, 1849-1890 / Roger D. McGrath -- The courts, the legal profession, and the development of law in early California / Gordon Morris Bakken -- "We feel the want of protection": the politics of law and race in California, 1848-1878 / Shirley Ann Wilson Moore -- Capturing California / Joshua Paddison -- "Officialdom": California state government, 1849-1879 / Judson A. Grenier -- "None could deny the eloquence of this lady": women, law, and government in California, 1850-1890 / Donna C. Schuele -- The beginnings of Anglo-American local government in California / Edward Leo Lyman -- An uncertain influence: the role of federal government in California, 1846-1880 / Robert J. Chandler. 
650 0 |a Frontier and pioneer life  |z California. 
650 0 |a Law  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z California 
650 0 |a Legislation  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z California 
650 4 |a Frontier and pioneer life. 
650 4 |a Law. 
650 4 |a Legislation. 
650 4 |a Frontier and pioneer life  |z California. 
650 4 |a Law  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z California 
650 4 |a Legislation  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z California 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |x State & Local  |x General. 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |x State & Local  |z United States  |x West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) 
650 7 |a Frontier and pioneer life. 
650 7 |a Law. 
650 7 |a Legislation. 
650 7 |a Politics and government. 
651 0 |a California  |x Politics and government  |y 1846-1850. 
651 0 |a California  |x Politics and government  |y 1850-1950. 
651 0 |a California  |x Social conditions  |y 19th century. 
651 7 |a California. 
700 1 |a Burns, John F. 
856 4 0 |a Orsi, Richard J.  |u http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108433 
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