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CHAPTER ONE. "We Desire Only a White Population in California"

The Transformation of Mexican California in Historical-Sociological Perspective
  • Tomas Almaguer
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© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Preface to the 2009 Edition IX
  4. Acknowledgments XIII
  5. Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER ONE. "We Desire Only a White Population in California" 17
  7. CHAPTER TWO. "The True Significance of the Word 'White' " 45
  8. CHAPTER THREE. "The Ravages of Time and the Intrusion of Modern American Civilization" 75
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. "Before the March of Civilization He Must Give Way" 107
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. "Unfit and Incapable of Being Associated with Whites on Any Terms of Equality" 131
  11. CHAPTER SIX. "They Can Be Hired in Masses; They Can Be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves" 153
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN. "In the Hands of People Whose Experience Has Been Only to Obey a Master Rather than Think and Manage for Themselves" 183
  13. Epilogue 205
  14. Notes 215
  15. Bibliography 259
  16. Index 275
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520942905-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Preface to the 2009 Edition IX
  4. Acknowledgments XIII
  5. Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER ONE. "We Desire Only a White Population in California" 17
  7. CHAPTER TWO. "The True Significance of the Word 'White' " 45
  8. CHAPTER THREE. "The Ravages of Time and the Intrusion of Modern American Civilization" 75
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. "Before the March of Civilization He Must Give Way" 107
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. "Unfit and Incapable of Being Associated with Whites on Any Terms of Equality" 131
  11. CHAPTER SIX. "They Can Be Hired in Masses; They Can Be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves" 153
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN. "In the Hands of People Whose Experience Has Been Only to Obey a Master Rather than Think and Manage for Themselves" 183
  13. Epilogue 205
  14. Notes 215
  15. Bibliography 259
  16. Index 275
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