Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California Volume 4

by John F. Burns and John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi (Editor)

Taming the Elephant is the last of four volumes in the distinguished California History Sesquicentennial Series, an outstanding compilation of original essays by leading historians and writers. These topical, interrelated volumes reexamine the meaning of the founding of modern California during the state's pioneer period. General themes run through all four volumes: the interplay of traditional cultures and frontier innovation in the creation of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520234138
• ISBN13: 9780520234130
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 10.5"