Taniguchi Nancy J (43 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine/near fine, used, 1 st printing, gray colored slick paper over boards, purple text on spine, purple colored end papers, vii-xvi, 319pp. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubvbing to dj, no chips or tears, corners not rubbed.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. The California gold rush of 1849 created fortunes for San Francisco merchants, whose wealth depended on control of the city's docks. But ownership of waterfront property was hotly contested. In an 1856 dispute over land titles, a county official shot an outspoken newspaperman, prompting a group of merchants to organize the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The committee, which met in secret, fed biased stories to the newspapers, depicting itself as a necessary substitute for incompetent law enforcement. But its actual purpose was quite different. In Dirty Deeds, historian Nancy J. Taniguchi draws on the 1856 Committee's minutes-long lost until she unearthed them-to present the first clear picture of its actions and motivations. San Francisco's real estate comprised a patchwork of land grants left from the Spanish and Mexican governments-grants that had been appropriated and sold over and over. Even after the establishment of a federal board in 1851 to settle the complicated California claims, land titles remained confused, and most of the land in the city belonged to no one. The acquisition of key waterfront properties in San Francisco by an ambitious politician motivated the thirty-odd merchants who called themselves "the Executives" of the Vigilance Committee to go directly after these parcels. Despite the organization's assertion of working on behalf of law and order, its tactics-kidnapping, forced deportations, and even murder-went far beyond the bounds of law. For more than a century, scholars have accepted the vigilantes' self-serving claims to honorable motives. Dirty Deeds tells the real story, in which a band of men took over a city in an attempt to control the most valuable land on the West Coast. Ranging far beyond San Francisco, the 1856 Vigilance Committee's activities affected events on the East Coast, in Central America, and in courts throughout the United States even after the Civil War.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. y. Norman. 2016. October 2016. University of Oklahoma Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780806153988. 6 x 9. 27 b&w illus., 1 map. October 2016. hardcover. keywords: History America. DESCRIPTION - The California gold rush of 1849 created fortunes for San Francisco merchants, whose wealth depended on control of the city's docks. But ownership of waterfront property was hotly contested. In an 1856 dispute over land titles, an outspoken newspaperman shot a county official, prompting a group of merchants to organize the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The committee, which met in secret, fed biased stories to the newspapers, depicting itself as a necessary substitute for incompetent law enforcement. But its actual purpose was quite different. In Dirty Deeds, historian Nancy J. Taniguchi draws on the 1856 Committee's minutes - long lost until she unearthed them - to present the first clear picture of its actions and motivations. San Francisco's real estate comprised a patchwork of land grants left from the Spanish and Mexican governments - grants that had been appropriated and sold over and over. Even after the establishment of a federal board in 1851 to settle the complicated California claims, land titles remained confused, and most of the land in the city belonged to no one. The acquisition of key waterfront properties in San Francisco by an ambitious politician motivated the thirty-odd merchants who called themselves the Executives of the Vigilance Committee to go directly after these parcels. Despite the organization's assertion of working on behalf of law and order, its tacticskidnapping, forced deportations, and even murderwent far beyond the bounds of law. For more than a century, scholars have accepted the vigilantes' self-serving claims to honorable motives. Dirty Deeds tells the real story, in which a band of men took over a city in an attempt to control the most valuable land on the West Coast. Ranging far beyond San Francisco, the 1856 Vigilance Committee's activities affected events on the East Coast, in Central America, and in courts throughout the United States even after the Civil War. inventory #47675. …

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 319pp Illus "Progressive Reform and Utah Coal.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to prior owner on title page. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: FINE. First printing. From the dust jacket "In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the State of Utah was the federal choice for what was intended to be a definitive antitrust suit aimed at quelling the power of western railroads over coal lands in the diminishing public domain. . . a legal history of land fraud in Utah's turn-of-the-century coal fields that intertwines national, regional, and local events. Necessary Fraud transcends parachialism to become a compelling exposition on the era of progressive reform. . . [which] reveals for the first time the depth of involvement of both the state of Utah and the Mormon Church in the land frauds." Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Volume Three in the series Legal History of North America. Map, photographs, notes, selected bibliography, index. xvi, 319 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition of Nancy J. Taniguchi's Dirty Deeds, a well-regarded history of the largest vigilante group in United States history, the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856. Drawing on the committee's long-lost minutes, which she personally rediscovered, Taniguchi reveals how San Francisco merchants used the Vigilance Committee to resolve disputed waterfront land titles in their own favor, tying the group's activities directly to real estate interests rather than simple law-and-order concerns. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Sue Armitage, a truly remarkable historian! Thanks for years of friendship. With best wishes, Nancy Taniguchi" The inscription is addressed to Susan H. Armitage, a well-known historian of women in the American West. A meaningful signed and inscribed first edition connecting two respected historians, well suited for a collection of California history, San Francisco history, or signed scholarly works. Book Condition: Near Fine. Clean, tight, and square hardcover with a small bump on the lower left corner of the rear cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Original dust jacket is present and displays well, with a price sticker in the lower right corner of the rear cover, and mild curling along upper and lower edges. Inscribed by Author(s).…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 318 pages. 9.01x6.01x1.04 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorNancy J. Taniguchi is the prize-winning author of Necessary Fraud: Progressive Reform and Utah Coal and Castle Valley, America: Hard Land, Hard-Won Home.KlappentextThe C.

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First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Cloth, xvi, 319pp., acknowledgments, introduction, conclusion, notes, bibliography, index, 15 illus., 1 chart, 1 map. Using century-old photos and copious documentation, the author creates a legal history of land fraud in Utah's turn of-the-century coal fields that intertwines national, regional, and local events. Volume 3 in the series Legal History of North America.…