California Conquered: The Annexation of a Mexican Province, 1846-1850

by Neal Harlow

Book Overview

This book began as a venture to collect official and unofficial documents relating to the interval of American military rule. There proved to be thousands, the writings of Presidents, executive officers, and congressmen, naval and military personnel, governors, settlers, and citizens-routine, familiar, wheedling, seductive, blustering, commanding. As the quantity grew, they seemed eager to be heard. But the documents exhibit the traits of their makers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520066057
• ISBN13: 9780520066052
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"