Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1 A State of Diversity 1
4. 2 Little Countries 10
5. 3 Big White Birds 21
6. 4 China Ships 30
7. 5 Extending the Spanish Domain 39
8. 6 The Wanderer 48
9. 7 What Happened to My Chickens? 60
10. 8 Undersea People 70
11. 9 The Liberal Cause 78
12. 10 Members of a Single Family 89
13. 11 We Are Free 101
14. 12 Viva California Libre 112
15. 13 Wicked Foreigners 121
16. 14 Yankee Doodle in Monterey 130
17. 15 Overland to California 138
18. 16 We Must Be Conquerors 148
19. 17 The Horrors of War 159
20. 18 Gold from the American River 169
21. 19 A White Republic 178
22. 20 Popular Justice 191
23. 21 My Little Sister’s Heart in My Hands 201
24. 22 I’ll Never Be Carried into Slavery 213
25. 23 Bohemian Days 224
26. 24 The Terrible Seventies 238
27. 25 The Cow Counties 250
28. 26 A Cosmopolitan City 263
29. 27 The Remedy Is More Democracy 276
30. 28 Bounty of the Mountains 289
31. 29 Invisible Walls of Steel 300
32. 30 Human Rights and Home Rule 310
33. 31 The Man with the Hoe 320
34. 32 End Poverty in California 332
35. 33 Unite to Win 344
36. 34 Make No Small Plan for California 357
37. 35 Rebels and Forerunners 369
38. 36 A Cyclone in a Wind Tunnel 381
39. 37 A Complicated Ecosystem 393
40. 38 The Impossible Dream 406
41. 39 E Pluribus Unum 417
42. 40 The First Step 430
43. Acknowledgments 445
44. Index 447