Taming the elephant: politics, government, and law in pioneer California

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Preface / Stephen Becker and Richard J. Orsi -- Taming the elephant: an introduction to California's statehood and constitutional era / John F. Burns -- A violent birth: disorder, crime, and law enforcement, 1849-1890 / Roger D. McGrath -- The courts, the legal profession, and the development of law in early California / Gordon Morris Bakken -- "We feel the want of protection": the politics of law and race in California, 1848-1878 / Shirley Ann Wilson Moore -- Capturing California / Joshua Paddison -- "Officialdom": California state government, 1849-1879 / Judson A. Grenier -- "None could deny the eloquence of this lady": women, law, and government in California, 1850-1890 / Donna C. Schuele -- The beginnings of Anglo-American local government in California / Edward Leo Lyman -- An uncertain influence: the role of federal government in California, 1846-1880 / Robert J. Chandler.;The final of four volumes in the 'California History Sesquicentennial Series', this text compiles original essays which treat the consequential role of post-Gold Rush California government, politics and law in the building of a dynamic state with lasting impact to the present day.