- Object ID
Smith, Joan Irvine, author.
- Title
California this golden land of promise / Joan Irvine Smith, Jean Stern ; foreword by James L. Doti ; timeline by James Irvine Swinden.
- Imprint
Irvine, Calif. : Chapman University Press : Irvine Museum, ©2001.
- Description
365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm.
- Category
Books and Serials
- Subject
California--History.
California--History--Pictorial works.
California--In art.
- Other Author
Stern, Jean, 1946- author.
Irvine Museum, issuing body.
Autry Museum of the American West. Braun Research Library Collection. Collection reproduction.
Autry Museum of the American West. Collection reproduction.
- Note
Includes collection reproductions from Autry Museum of the American West (page 29: 97.117.1; page 94: 92.6.1; page 151: 88.108.3; page 249: 91.183.2; page 255: 90.142.3)
Includes collection reproductions from Braun Research Library Collection (page 85: PO.8584; page 156: P.14834; page 201: P.41839; page 208: 34.G.141 (P.36760); page 231: P.36759)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.
First settlers -- People of the Oaks -- Spanish exploration in California -- Father Kino and the Jesuit Missions -- The Portola Expedition -- - The missions of California -- San Juan Capistrano: the jewel of the missions -- De Anza and the colonization of California -- Secularizatio of the missions -- California’s golden age -- Foreigners in California -- Trappers and mountain men -- Politics in California: 1831-1845 -- The American conquest of California -- The gold rush -- The journey to California -- Statehood -- James Irvine I: Founder of the Irvine Ranch.
- Call Number
979.4 S63c, 2001 (OVERSIZE)
F 862 .S635 2001 (FOLIO)