First CA/ Beginnings to American Takeover

From Indian to Spanish, Mexican, and American California

Week #1 (1/24)/ Introdcution to Class/ Themes of Land and History: California & U.S. History

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Significance of History" in Major Problems (Chapter 1)

Work Due: First Discussion Groups Assigned

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Week #2 (1/31)/ Land of Dolphins and Cayote's Children: Native California

Reading: Olin & Chan, "First Californians" in Major Problems (Chapter 2)

Work Due: Discussion

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Week #3 (2/7)/ Patterns of Spanish Settlement in Indian California

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Spanish Impact" in Major Problems (Chapter 3)

Work Due: Discussion

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Week #4 (2/14)/ Osio's California

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Mexican California" in Major Problems (Chapter 4); Beebe & Senkewicz, Testimonios, pp. 1-118

Work Due: Discussion

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Week #5 (2/21)/ Mexicans and Yankees

Reading: Beebe & Senkewicz, Testimonios, pp. 119- 320

Work Due: Discussion & Reading Quiz #1

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Week #6 (2/28)/ "Trouble on the Land": Bear Flag Revolt

Reading: Beebe & Senkewicz, Testimonios, pp. 321-428

Work Due: Discussion

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Week #7 (3/6)/ Midterm Exam

Work Due: Discussion, Book Review #1 (Testimonios)

U.S. CA/ Gold Rush through Twentieth Century

From Outpost and Frontier to American Empire

Week #8 (3/ 13)/ Gold Rush! Redefining the Land

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Conflicts over Land" in Major Problems (Chapter 5); Baumgardner, Killing for Land, pp. 1-158

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Week #9 (3/20)/ Era of Merchant Control

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Disputes over Water" in Major Problems (Chapter 6); Baumgardner, Killing for Land, pp. 159-274

Work Due: Discussion

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Week #10 (3/27)/ Railroads and Labor

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Big Business and Urban Labor" in Major Problems (Chapter 7); Sackman, Orange Empire, pp. 1-118 (Part One)

Work Due: Discussion, Book Review #2 Due (Killing for Land)

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Week #11 (4/3): Spring Break

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Week #12 (4/10)/ Reform, Religion, & Hollywood 1920s

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Political and Moral Reform" & "Hollywood and the California Dream" in Major Problems (Chapters 8 & 9); Sackman, Orange Empire, pp. 119-180 (Part Two)

Work Due: Discussion

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Week #13 (4/17)/ From Depression to War: Political Economy of the Greatest Generation

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Farmworker Struggles"* and "Impact of WWII"* and "Changing Lives of Minorities"* in Major Problems (Chapters 10 & 11 & 12); Sackman, Orange Empire, pp. 191-300 (Part Three)

Work Due: Discussion, Book Review #3 Due (Orange Empire)

*For Chapters 10, 11 & 12, Read only the Essays

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Week #14 (4/24)/ Boomers: Suburbia, Rebellion, and Youth Culture

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Politics & Protest" and "Environmnet and Quality of Life"* in Major Problems (Chapters 13 & 15); and Maupin, Tales of the City

Work Due: Discussion, Book Review #4 Due (Tales)

*For Chapter 15, Read only the Essays

Week #15 (5/1)/ From New Left to New Right, From Haight Ashbury to the OC

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Racial and Class Tension" in Major Problems (Chapter 16); and Matthews, Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream, pp. 1-111

Work Due: Discussion, Reading Quiz #2

Week #16 (5/8)/ Class, Capitalism, and California's Future

Reading: Olin & Chan, "Rise of Information Capitalism" in Major Problems (Chapter 15); and Matthews, Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream, pp. 112-258

Work Due: Discussion, Book Review #5 Due (Silicon Valley)

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Week #17: Midterm Exam