Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. Part I TAKING THE LAND 17
5. Chapter 1 BEFORE THE LAND WAS TAKEN 21
6. Chapter 2 THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICANS TAKE THE CHESAPEAKE 47
7. Chapter 3 THE LAND OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY Cleared but Not Taken 87
8. Part II MAKING THE MUNICIPALITY The City and the Pueblo
9. Chapter 4 ERECTING BALTIMORE INTO A CITY Democracy as Urban Space, 1796–1819 128
10. Chapter 5 SHAPING THE SPACES OF CALIFORNIA Ranchos, Plazas, and Pueblos, 1821–1846 173
11. Part III MAKING THE MODERN CAPITALIST CITY
12. Chapter 6 MAKING BALTIMORE A MODERN CITY, 1828–1854 218
13. Chapter 7 THE CAPITALIST “PUEBLO” Selling San Francisco, 1847–1856 262
14. Part IV THESE UNITED CITIES
15. Chapter 8 BALTIMORE, SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE CIVIL WAR 312
16. EPILOGUE 357
17. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 372
18. NOTES 375
19. INDEX 413