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The best selling text in California History today, James Rawls’ comprehensive, interpretive approach has engaged professors and students in discussion and analysis of the most populous and economically powerful state in the U.S. for over 25 years.

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James J. Rawls, an instructor of history at Diablo Valley College, received his B.A. in history from Stanford University. He was awarded an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, completing his doctoral dissertation under the guidance of Walton Bean. Dr. Rawls also has taught California history as a visiting associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He serves as the Reviews Editor of California History, the journal of the California Historical Society. He is the author of Indians of California: The Changing Image and Chief Red Fox is Dead: A History of Native Americans since 1945, coauthor of Land of Liberty: A United States History and California: Adventures in Time and Space, editor of New Directions in California History: A Book of Readings and California History: Teaching with Primary Sources, and coeditor of A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California and California: A Place, A People, A Dream. His articles and reviews have appeared in such publications as Journal of American History, Pacific Historical Review, and American Indian Quarterly.

The late Walton Bean was, for more than 35 years, a member of the University of California, Berkeley, faculty, where he taught undergraduate courses in California history and graduate courses in California and twentieth-century United States history. His highly acclaimed book, Boss Ruef’s San Francisco, won the Commonwealth Club of California’s gold medal and the annual prize of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. Dr. Bean also served as Asia Foundation Professor of American History at the University of Karachi from 1956 to 1958. He received his A.B. and M.A. from the University of Southern California and was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

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  • PublisherMcGraw-Hill Companies
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0072424389
  • ISBN 13 9780072424386
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages585

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