Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD xi
4. California: THE GREAT EXCEPTION 1
5. CHAPTER I. ON UNDERSTANDING CALIFORNIA 3
6. CHAPTER II. CALIFORNIA-THERE SHE GOES! 8
7. CHAPTER III. THE MAGIC EQUATION 25
8. CHAPTER IV. THE MUSTANG COLT 39
9. CHAPTER V. MIXED MULTITUDES 63
10. CHAPTER VI. CALIFORNIA LATIFUNDIA 89
11. CHAPTER VII. THE MOSAIC OF CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURE 103
12. CHAPTER VIII. CALIFORNIA LABOR: TOTAL ENGAGEMENT 127
13. CHAPTER IX. CALIFORNIA'S PECULIAR INSTITUTION 150
14. CHAPTER X. PERILOUS REMEDIES FOR PRESENT EVILS 171
15. CHAPTER XI. THE STATE THAT SWINGS AND SWAYS 192
16. CHAPTER XII. INDUSTRY: THE CULTURAL APPROACH 214
17. CHAPTER XIII. THE FABULOUS BOOM 233
18. CHAPTER XIV. LADDER TO THE STARS 249
19. CHAPTER XV. THE ONE-LEGGED GIANT 269
20. CHAPTER XVI. THE POLITICS OF THE COLORADO 293
21. CHAPTER XVII. THE CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT 317
22. CHAPTER XVIII. O PANTHER OF THE SPLENDID HIDE! 341
23. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 368
24. INDEX 369