California History Sesquicentennial Series

This series is now complete. The following volumes are in print, but no further volumes will be issued.

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Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California

Edited by John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi
California History Sesquicentennial Series, 4
$34.95, £24.95 Paperback
April 2003

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Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California

Kevin Starr and Richard J. Orsi, editors
California History Sesquicentennial Series, 3
$39.95, £27.95 Paperback
October 2000

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A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California

James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi, editors
California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2
$31.95, £21.95 Paperback
June 1999

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Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush, Published in Association with the California Historical Society

Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Richard J. Orsi, editors
California History Sesquicentennial Series, 1
$36.95, £25.95 Paperback
March 1998