Twice in the semester, once before the first exam and once before the second, you will be asked to come to class with questions based on the reading. You will be asked to help lead discussion, both small group and class discussions. Come to class with questions that will inspire discussion, disagreement, and debate (agreement is okay, too!) You can divide upthe reading for the purpose of discussion, but you should each turn in thoughtful questions for all of the reading.

Week Topic Reading Assigned Students
#2

CA Historiography

Native California

Chan & Olin,

Chapters 1 & 2

Kathleen Barr, Samantha Brock, Lidia Azouz, and Jeff Orsa
#3 Spanish in California Chan & Olin, Chapter 3 Moises Amaya, Ben Yakobi, Jeanette Beaulieu, Ojen Vahedi, Ken Brower, Matthew Lyhane, Damione Macedon
#4 Mexican California

Olin & Chan, Chpt 4

Beebe, Testimonios

Arutyun Terzian, Donald Burke, Patrick Shanahan, Adolfo Calleres, Christopher Sapovchak, Herman Castaneda, Romeo Pendon, Gary McDowell
#5 Mexicans & Yankees Testimonios Brian Ferrero, Matt Pearson, Norik Hakopian, Michael Robins, Casey Hunter, Ivania Ortiz, Dylan Lofgren
#6 Bear Flag Revolt Testimonios Casey Hunter, Adam Morgenstern, Stephanie Kell, Cesar Moran, Adam Komagome, Devin Moore, Nicholas Korac, Brett Miller
#7 MT #1    
#8 Gold Rush! Killing for Land  
#9 Merchants Control Killing for Land, Orange Empire Kathleen Barr, Samantha Brock, Lidia Azouz, and Jeff Orsa, Erika Castaneda, Seth Dardashti, Mike Davis
#10 RRs & Labor (Killling for Land BReview Due) Orange Empire Moises Amaya, Ben Yakobi, Jeanette Beaulieu, Ojen Vahedi, Ken Brower, Matthew Lyhane, Damione Macedon, Alvin Blackshear
#11 Spring Break    
#12 Reform, Religion, & Hollywood 1920s Orange Empire Arutyun Terzian, Donald Burke, Patrick Shanahan, Adolfo Calleres, Christopher Sapovchak, Herman Castaneda, Romeo Pendon, Gary McDowell
#13 From Depression to War: Political Economy of the Greatest Generation (Orange Empire Due) Orange Empire / Tales of the City Brian Ferrero, Matt Pearson, Norik Hakopian, Michael Robins, Casey Hunter, Ivania Ortiz, Dylan Lofgren, Seth Dardashti, Erika Castaneda
#14 Boomers: Suburbia, Rebellion, and Youth Culture (Tales of the City due) Tales of the City Casey Hunter, Adam Morgenstern, Stephanie Kell, Cesar Moran, Adam Komagome, Devin Moore, Nicholas Korac, Brett Miller, Erika Castaneda
#15 From New Left to New Right, From Haight Ashbury to the OC Silicon Valley Alvin Blackshear,Seth Dardhashti, Erika Castaneda

#16

 Class, Capitalism, and California's Future (Silicon Valley due) Silicon Valley  


Reading, Second Half:

CA HISTORY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

#8 CHAPTER FIVE: Conflicts Over Land in a New State, 1850-1870s

I. Introduction & Documents

  1. E.Gould Buffum Exults in Gold's Discovery, 1850
  2. Louisa Clapp Pokes Fun at Her Experience as a Gold "Mineress," 1851
  3. J.D. Borthwick Observes Chinese Gold Miners, 1851
  4. John F. Morse Supports Traditional Agrarian Values, 1865
  5. Henry George Censures Land Monopoly, 1871

II. Essays

  1. JoAnn Levy, "Women in the Gold Rush"
  2. Paul Wallace Gates, "Early California Land Policy Defended"
  3. Douglas Monroy, "Land and the Conflict of Legal Cultures"

Baumgardner, Killing for Land, pp. 1-158

#9 CHAPTER SIX: Disputes over Water, 188-0s-1910s

I. Introduction & Documents

  1. Lux v. Haggin Establishes the "California Doctrine"
  2. The Wright Act Asserts Community Water Rights, 1887, 1889
  3. Congress Acts: Selections from the Reclamation Act of 1902
  4. John Muir Admires the Hetch Hetchy Valley, 1908
  5. Robert Underwood Johnson Decries Paying Too High a Price for Water, 1909

II. Essays

  1. Donald Worster, "The Capitalist Control of Water Use"
  2. Norris Hundley Jr., "American Political Culture and Water Use"

Baumgardner, Killing for Land, pp. 159-274

#10 CHAPTER SEVEN: Big Business and Urban Labor, 1860s-1930s

I. Introduction & Documents

  1. Henry George Expresses Skepticiam About Railroads, 1868
  2. Leland Stanford Extols the Public Benefits of Railroad Construction, 1887
  3. Collis P. Huntington Shows Contempt for Congress, 1887
  4. Frank Norris Excoriates the Railroad as "The Octopus," 1901
  5. Denis Kearney Organizes the Workingmen's Party of California, 1877
  6. Henryk Sienkiewicz Appraises chinese Labor in California, 1880
  7. The American Federationof Labor Opposes Chinese Immigration, 1902

II. Essays

  1. Michael Kazin, "The Rise of the Labor Movement in California"
  2. William Deverell, "The Southern Pacific Railroad Survives the Pullman Strike of 1894"

Sackman, Orange Empire, pp. 1-118 (Part One)

#11 Spring Break

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#16

 

Reading, First Half:

#1 CA HISTORY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER ONE: Significance of California History
James D. Houston, "The Place Called California"
Carey McWilliams, "California as 'The Great Exception'"
James N. Gregory, "The Shaping of California History"

#2 CHAPTER TWO: The First Californians
I. Introduction
II. Documents
1-The Three Worlds of the Chumash
2-Map of Tribal Territories
3-Indian Material Culture
4-Pablo Tac Appro es of His Tribe's Conversion
5-Father Geronimo Boscana Describes the San Juan Capistrano Indians, 1832
6-A sacramento Union Editorial Ponders the Indians' Fate, 1855
III. Essays
Arthur F. McEvoy, "California Indians as Capable Resource Managers"
Albert L. Hurtado, "Indian and Hispanic Family Patterns Compared"

#3 CHAPTER THREE: Spanish Impact on the Indians
I. Introduction
II. Documents
1-Father Luis Jayme Criticizes the Behavior of Spanish Settlers
2-Father Junipero Serra reports the Destruction of the San Diego mission, 1775
3-Captain Alejandro Malaspina Praises the Beneficial Impact of Spanish Missions, 1792
4-Lorenzo Asisara Narrates the Assassination of a Priest by Santa Cruz Indians, 1812
III. Essays
Francid F. Guest, O.F.M., "Cultural Perspectives on Death and whipping in the Missions"
Antonia I. Castaneda, "Spanish Violence Against Amerindian Women"

#4 CHAPTER FOUR: Mexican California
I. Introduction
II. Documents
1-A Mexican Commission Urges the Secularization of the California Missions, 1833
2-Angustias de la Guerra Ord Defends the Virtue of Mission Priests, 1878
3-Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Criticizes the Mexicans in California, 1834
4-William Robert Garner Promotes the American Annexation of California, 1847
5-Selected ARticles from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848
III. Essays
Hubert Howe Bancroft, "Mexican California as 'Lotos-Land'"
Douglas Monroy, "The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California"

#5 Testimonios, 1-118

#6 Testimonios, 119-320

#7 Testimonios, 321-428