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California
The Great Exception
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English
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1999
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In 1949, lawyer, historian, and journalist Carey McWilliams stepped back to assess the state of California at the end of its first one hundred years—its history, population, politics, agriculture, and social concerns. As he examined the reasons for the prodigious growth and productivity that have characterized California since the Gold Rush, he praised the vitality of the new citizens who had come from all over the world to populate the state in a very short time. But he also made clear how brutally the new Californians dealt with "the Indian problem," the water problem, and the need for migrant labor to facilitate California's massive and highly profitable agricultural industry. As we look back now on 150 years of statehood, it is particularly useful to place the events of the past fifty years in the context of McWilliams's assessment in California: The Great Exception. Lewis Lapham has written a new foreword for this edition.
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Contributor: Carey McWilliams
Carey McWilliams (1905-1980), editor of The Nation from 1955 to 1975, also served as California Commissioner of Immigration and Housing for four years. He was the author of many books, including Factories in the Field, Ill Fares the Land, Brothers under the Skin, A Mask for Privilege, and Southern California: An Island on the Land. Lewis H. Lapham, a native San Franciscan, is the editor of Harper's Magazine.
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Frontmatter
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FOREWORD
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California: THE GREAT EXCEPTION
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CHAPTER I. ON UNDERSTANDING CALIFORNIA
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CHAPTER II. CALIFORNIA-THERE SHE GOES!
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CHAPTER III. THE MAGIC EQUATION
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CHAPTER IV. THE MUSTANG COLT
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CHAPTER V. MIXED MULTITUDES
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CHAPTER VI. CALIFORNIA LATIFUNDIA
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CHAPTER VII. THE MOSAIC OF CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURE
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CHAPTER VIII. CALIFORNIA LABOR: TOTAL ENGAGEMENT
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CHAPTER IX. CALIFORNIA'S PECULIAR INSTITUTION
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CHAPTER X. PERILOUS REMEDIES FOR PRESENT EVILS
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CHAPTER XI. THE STATE THAT SWINGS AND SWAYS
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CHAPTER XII. INDUSTRY: THE CULTURAL APPROACH
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CHAPTER XIII. THE FABULOUS BOOM
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CHAPTER XIV. LADDER TO THE STARS
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CHAPTER XV. THE ONE-LEGGED GIANT
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CHAPTER XVI. THE POLITICS OF THE COLORADO
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CHAPTER XVII. THE CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT
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CHAPTER XVIII. O PANTHER OF THE SPLENDID HIDE!
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INDEX
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Keywords for this book
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