Table of Contents: Taming the elephant :

Other Authors:	Burns, John F.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Series:	California history sesquicentennial series ; 4
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > California. Law > History > 19th century. > California Legislation > History > 19th century. > California Frontier and pioneer life. Law. Legislation. HISTORY > State & Local > General. HISTORY > State & Local > United States > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Politics and government. California > Politics and government > 1846-1850. California > Politics and government > 1850-1950. California > Social conditions > 19th century. California.
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Table of Contents:

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.