An edition of Taming the elephant
(2003)
Taming the elephant
politics, government, and law in pioneer California
by John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi
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Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California
April 30, 2003, University of California Press
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Taming the elephant: politics, government, and law in pioneer California
2003, University of California Press
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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.
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"Published in association with the California Historical Society."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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