A Bibliography of Early California
and Neighboring Territory Through 1846:

An Era of Exploration, Missions, Presidios, Ranchos, and Indians

Compiled by
Robert LeRoy Santos
California State University, Stanislaus
University Library

Alley-Cass Publications
Turlock, CA
2002

Chapter Three

SPANISH AND MEXICAN PERIODS

This chapter contains works exclusively about the two Californias during the years 1769-1846.


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Altable F., Maria Eugenia. Historia Regional de Baja California Sur, Perfil Socioeconomico. Mexico City: Colegio Nacional de Educacion Professional Tecnica, 2000. 78 pp. Notes: Concise history of the use of natural resources. In Spanish.

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Alvarez Arellano, Alejandro Daniel. Baja California Sur: Historia y Geografia, Tercer Grado. Mexico City: Secretaria Educacion Publica, 1994. 157 pp. Notes: Geography and History of Baja California for the primary grade level. In Spanish.

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Amao, Jorge. Mineros, Misioneros y Rancheros de la Antigua California. Mexico City: INAH, 1997. 168 pp. Notes: A history of mines, Jesuit missions and ranchos in Baja California in the eighteenth century. In Spanish.

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Anza, Juan Bautista de. Anza's Return from Alta California. Edited by Donald T. Garate. San Francisco: Los Californians, 1998. 340 pp. Notes: Contains Anza's correspondence of 1776-1778 and commentary. In English.

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Arbelaez, Maria S. "Effects of Cultural Exchange on Nutritional Contents of Local Cuisine." Journal of the West 36(January 1997): 8-18. Notes: Addresses food culture that came from the mission period in California.

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Arguello, Luis Antonio. The Diary of Captain Luis Antonio Arguello: October 17-November 17, 1821: The Last Spanish Expedition in California. Edited by Vivian C. Fisher and Arthur Quinn. Berkeley: Friends of Bancroft Library, University of California, 1992. 45 pp. Notes: In this daily account of exploration, there is information on California Indians. In English.

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Arrojo, Pedro and Jose Manuel Naredo. La Gestion del Agua en Espana y California. Bilbao: Bakeaz, 1997. 185 pp. Notes: Examines water supply and development in Spain and California. In Spanish.

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Ashley, Leonard R.N. "The Spanish Placenames of California: Proposition 1994." Names 44(1996): 3-40. Notes: Corrects contemporary usage of Spanish place-names in grammar and spelling.

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Ayala, Juan Manuel de. The Ayala Expedition of 1775 (March 19-November 6). Los Angeles: University of California, 1990. Notes: Microfilm of documents pertaining to the expedition of Mexico and California held at the Archivo General de Indias, Seville. In Spanish.

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Bahr, Diana Meyers. "From Mission to Metropolis: Cupeno Indian Women in Los Angeles." Ph.D. diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 1990. Notes: An interdisciplinary study concerning the urbanization of Cupeno women and what remained of their original culture to pass along to succeeding generations.

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe. Nineteenth Century Californio Testimonials. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Ethnic Studies/Third World Studies, 1994. 143 pp. Notes: An anthology of dictations from the H.H. Bancroft collection of interviews with prominent Californios. A special issue of Critica Monograph series.

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Barron E., Martin. Guia Historica de Baja California. Ensenada, Baja California: Museo Regional de Historia, 1992. 217 pp. Notes: Historical overview of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Bayardo Gomez, Patricio. El Signo y la Alambrada: Ensayos de Literatura y Frontera. Tijuana: Entrelineas Edition, 1990. 95 pp. Notes: Discusses frontier and pioneer life in Mexican literature in regard to Baja California. In Spanish.

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Beebe, Rose Marie. Lands of Promise and Despair: Chronicles of Early California, 1535-1846. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2001. 506 pp. Notes: Co-publisher is Santa Clara University.

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Berlo, Robert. Population History of California Places: An Edited Compilation and Analysis of All Known Population Figures for California Cities, Towns, Counties, Urban Areas, and the State Total, Including the Spanish and Mexican Era. Livermore, CA: R.C. Berlo, 2001. 719 pp. Notes: Includes index.

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Bouvier, Virginia Mayo. Women and the Conquest of California, 1542-1840: Codes of Silence. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. 266 pp. Notes: Addresses the role of women in exploration, evangelization, colonization, missions, and marriage during the Spanish and Mexican periods.

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____________. "Women, Conquest, and the Production of History: Hispanic California, 1542-1840." Ph.D. diss., University of California, Berkeley, 1995. 588 pp.

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"Building California: Technology and the Landscape." California History 77:2(1998): 98-105. Notes: Explains the California History Society's exhibit "Building California: Technology and the Landscape" which explored the change in construction of living facilities from 1769.

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Caldwell, Sarah Ellison. "Latin Legacy in the City by the Bay." Americas 39:6(1987): 44-49. Notes: Presents San Francisco's Latin American connection throughout its history.

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Camarillo, Albert. Chicanos in California: A History of Mexican Americans in California. Sparks, NV: Materials for Today's Learning, 1990. 139 pp.

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Canton Verdugo, Cesar T. Baja California Sur: Historia y Geografia, Secundaria Tercer Grado, Texto y Cuaderno de Trabajo. La Paz, Mexico: The Author, 2000. 132 pp. Notes: A history and geography text of Baja California for the secondary school level. In Spanish.

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Carino, Martha Micheline. Ecohistoria de los Californios. La Paz, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, 1995. 168 pp. Notes: Discusses the ecological history of Baja California in connection with the native peoples, desert, diet and historiography. In Spanish.

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____________. Historia de las Relaciones Hombre Naturaleza en Baja California Sur, 1500-1940. La Paz, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, PROMARCO, 1996. 229 pp. Notes: Compares the use of natural resources by the indigenous peoples and by Europeans in Baja California historically. In Spanish.

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Carino, Micheline. "Tres Modelos para el Analisis Historico de las Relaciones Hombre/Espacio en SudCalifornia (1500-1940)." Historias 37(1996-1997): 107-119. Notes: Suggests the use of three models when examining human-spatial interaction historically in Baja California. In Spanish language.

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Carranza Castellanos, Emilio. The Russian Invasion of California. San Antonio, TX: Freymann & Associates, 1994. 63 pp.

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Carrico, Richard L. "Spanish Crime and Punishment: The Native American Experience in Colonial San Diego, 1769-1830." Western Legal History 3(1990): 21-33. Notes: Examines the Spanish legal system and its application at Mission San Diego and vicinity in terms of crimes, punishments and differing cultural values.

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Casas, Maria Raquel. "'In Consideration of His Being Married to a Daughter of the Land': Interethnic Marriages in Alta, California, 1825-1875." Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1998. 334 pp. Notes: Describes how marriages of "Californianas" to European and American husbands became useful in land rights, economic security, and also, provided the entrance of Americans that resulted in the full conquest of the state.

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Castaneda, Antonio I. "Engendering the History of Alta California, 1769-1848: Gender, Sexuality, and the Family." California History 76(1997): 230-259. Notes: Discusses the reception by indigenous women to the attempts of Spanish and Mexican to control their sexuality.

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____________. "Gender, Race, and Culture: Spanish-Mexican Women in the Historiography of Frontier California." Frontiers 11(1990): 8-20. Notes: Analyzes the practice of classifying Spanish-Mexican women of the frontier of California as either "Mexican" (poorer) or "Spanish" (upper class) in historical writing.

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____________. "Hispanas and Hispanos in a Mestizo Society." Magazine of History 14:4(2000): 29-33. Notes: Explores the relationship of Spanish colonists and racial-mixed mestizos in California, 1769-1821.

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Castillo, Edward D. Native American Perspectives on the Hispanic Colonization of Alta California. New York: Garland, 1991. 471 pp. Notes: No. 26 of the Spanish Borderland Sourcebooks.

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Chaput, Donald, William M. Mason, and David Zarate Loperena. Modest Fortunes: Mining in Northern Baja California. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1992. 245 pp. Notes: Has in information on gold mining and other minerals.

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Churchill, Charles B. Adventurers and prophets: American Autobiographers in Mexican California, 1828-1847. Spokane: A.H. Clark Co., 1995. 278 pp.

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____________. "Thomas Jefferson Farnham: An Exponent of American Empire in Mexican California." Pacific Historical Review 60(November 1991): 517-538.

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Clavigero, Francesco Saverio and Francisco Palou. Historia de la Antiqua o Baja California. Edited by Miguel Leon Portilla. Mexico City: Porrua, 1990. 262 pp. Notes: Provides the texts of Clavigero (1731-1787) and Palou (1723-1789) works that discuss Junipero Serra (1713-1784) and Indians in Baja California. In Spanish.

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Clay, Karen. "Trade, Institutions, and Credit." Explorations in Economic History 34 (October 1997): 495-521. Notes: Discusses institutional economics and commerce in Mexican California, 1830s and 1840s.

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____________. Trade, Institutions and Law: The Experience of Mexican California. Pasadena: All-UC Group in Economic History, 1993. 18 pp. Notes: A paper from the All-UC Group in Economic History Conference Global Change, Resource Shocks, and Economic History, Pasadena, California, April 2-4, 1993.

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Comstock, Esther J. and Floyd B. Comstock. Vallejo y las Cuatro Banderas: Una Historia Verdadera de la California de Antano. Grass Valley, CA: Comstock Bonanza Press, 1996. 152 pp. Notes: A biography of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1808-1890) at juvenile reading level. In Spanish.

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Coombes, Mary Laura. "From Pooyi to the New Almaden Mercury Mine: Cinnabar, Economics, and Culture in California to 1920." Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 1999. 239 pp.

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Cortijo Ocana, Adelaida, Antonio Cortijo Ocana, and Enrique Porrua Martinez, comps. "The Soberanes Family of Alta California: A Genealogical History." Berkeley, CA: 1997. Notes: 1 box with information coming from the Bancroft Library.

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Cota Sandoval, Jose Andres. Dos Ensayos Sudcalifornios: De la Rebelion Indigena a la Independencia. La Paz, Mexico: Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Baja California Sur, 1997. 76 pp. Notes: A collection of essays on the opposition to authority in Baja California, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In Spanish.

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Crespi, Juan. A Description of Distant Roads: Original Journals of the First expedition into California, 1769-1770. Edited and translated by Alan K. Brown. San Diego: San Diego State University Press, 2001. 848 pp. Notes: The journals are in Spanish and English with the introduction and notes in English.

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Croddy, Marshall and Jeff Nishihira. Adventures in Law and History. Vol. 1: Native Americans, the Spanish Frontier, and the Gold Rush a law and Civic Education Curriculum for Upper Elementary Grades with Units on Rules and Laws, Property, and Authority. Los Angeles: Constitutional Rights Foundation and the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1997. Notes: Curriculum material.

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Crosta, Joanne. "The Maritime Museum of Monterey." Journal of the West 37(1998): 86-88. Notes: Describes the museum's contents beginning with the seventeenth century and the conquistadors.

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Cutter, Donald C. California in 1792: A Spanish Naval Visit. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. 176 pp. Notes: Vol. 71 of the American Exploration and Travel series.

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De Oliver, Miguel D. "Utopias as Commodity: Revolutionary Succession in Baja California Norte." Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State University, 1992. 407 pp. Notes: Addresses the monetary development of Baja California historically.

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Del Castillo, Adelaida R., ed. Between Borders: Essays on Mexicana/Chicana History. Encino, CA: Floricanto Press, 1990. 563 pp. Notes: A collection of essays with several on early California.

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Del Moreno, Deborah. "'Some Hybrid Like Myself': California's Multicultural Children, 1825-1925." M.A. thesis, California State University, Sacramento, 2001. 276 pp. Notes: Addresses intermarriage and the children's assimilation into to society.

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Essig, E.O. Fort Ross: California Outpost of Russian Alaska, 1812-1841. Kingston, ON: The Limestone Press, 1991. 106 pp.

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Farris, Glenn. "The Age of Russian Imperialism in the North Pacific." Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 81(1997): 187-194. Notes: Examines Russia's colonial interest in Alaska, Hawaii and California, 1784-1867, and concludes that colonialization failed because of lack of Russian settlers.

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____________. "Visit of the Russian Warship Apollo to California in 1822-1823." Southern California Quarterly 75(1993): 1-13. Notes: Contains the full text of the report issued by Achille Schabelski, who was an interpreter on the Apollo, which criticizes the lack of Mexican development and control of the area.

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Fischer Martinez, Ruben and Jesus Paredes. Voces de Calafia. Mexico City: Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo, 1996. 167 pp. Notes: History of the social life and customs of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Flynn, Dennis Owen, Lionel Frost, and A.J.H. Latham. Pacific Centuries: Pacific and Pacific Rim History Since the Sixteenth Century. London: Routledge, 1999. 261 pp. Notes: Includes information on Spanish trade in California.

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Fontana, Bernard L. Entrada: The Legacy of Spain and Mexico in the United States. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. 286 pp. Notes: An overview of the historic sites and national parks and reserves found in the borderlands with history beginning in 1500s.

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Foucrier, Annick. Jovialite Creole Decadence Morale?: Regards Francais et Nord-Americains sur la Californie Histpanique (1786-1848). France: Bulletin de l'Arna, 1994. 16 pp. Notes: Reprinted from Bulletin de l'Arna, no. 3, 1993-1994. Assesses French public opinion concerning Spanish colonial efforts in California. In French.

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Galvan Gaytan, Columba. Historia de las Bibliotecas en Baja California Sur. Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1992. 187 pp. Notes: History of the libraries in Baja California. In Spanish.

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Garcia, Richard A. Mexican Americans in California. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1995. 141 pp. Notes: A reprint of the article appearing in the special fall issue of the periodical California History.

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Gomez Estrada, Jose Alfredo. Realidad y Ensuenos: Historia Parcial de Baja California a Traves de las Leyendas. Mexicali, Baja California: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 1992. 109 pp. Notes: History of the legends of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Griswold del Castillo, Richard. "Southern California Chicano History: Regional Origins and National Critique." Aztlan 19(Spring 1988/1990): 109-124.

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Gutierrez, Alfonso Rene. Ideas Politicas de Juan Maria de Salvatierra: El Proyecto Fundador de Baja California. San Luis Potosi, Mexico: El Colegio de San Luis, 1998. 26 pp. Notes: An essay on the political and social viewpoint of a key figure in Baja California history, Salvatierra (1648-1717). In Spanish.

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Gutierrez, Gabriel. "Affirmative Action of the First Kind: Social and Legal Constructions of Whiteness and White Male Privilege in Nineteenth-Century California." Latino Studies Journal 11:3(2000): 14-48. Notes: Explores the concepts of class, race and sex, beginning with Spanish and Mexican periods of California history, in regard to white male privilege.

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____________. "Bell Towers, Crucifixes, and Canones Violentes: State and Identity Formation in Pre-Industrial Alta California (State Formation, Indians, Chicano, Spanish, Mexican, Labor, Colonialism." Ph.D. diss., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997. 470 pp. Notes: Questions the historical positions in regard to Indian decimation, origins of Chicano identity, and the effect of Spanish and Mexican culture and institutions.

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Gutierrez, Ramon A. and Richard J. Orsi, eds. Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 396 pp.

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Haas, Lisbeth. Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. 294 pp. Notes: Examines ethnic identity of Indians and Hispanics especially in southern California.

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Hackel, Steven W. "Land, Labor, and Production: The Colonial Economy of Spanish and Mexican California." California History 76:2-3(1997): 111-146. Notes: Reveals that the economy in California was not weak and sluggish but successful, sustaining and vibrant especially in its trade with other countries.

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Helmich, Mary A. California in Time: From the War with Mexico to Statehood: Highlighting California State Parks and the Events Leading to the War with Mexico, Gold Discovery and Statehood. Rev. ed. Sacramento: California State Parks, 1999. 76 pp. Notes: A chronology of California history through 1850. Previously published as Chronology of California's Transition.

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Herman, Harriette Adler. The Romance of Early Southern California Cooking: Dining at Los Encinos with the Indians, Missionaries, and Spanish Dons. Playa del Rey, CA: Wichita Publications, 1994. 197 pp.

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Hague, Harlan. "The First California Trail: The Southern Route." Overland Journal 5(1987): 41-50. Notes: Chronicles the history of the Southern Route, 1769-1883.

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Hilton, Sylvia L. La Alta California Espanola. Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, 1992. 366 pp. Notes: A history of Spanish Alta California in Spanish.

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Hirschmann, Erik. "Relations Among Native Californians, Native Alaskans, and the Russian-American Company in California, 1803-1841." M.A. thesis, University of New Mexico, 1994. 183 pp.

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Hoover, Robert L. "Some Models for Spanish Archaeology in California." Historical Archaeology 26(1992): 37-44. Notes: Advocates the use of inductive archaeology to examine hypotheses related to California archaeological sites, 1769-1834, especially on economic topics.

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Hughart, Kathleen Marks. "Women and Power in Alta California: 1769-1840." M.A. thesis, University of San Diego, 2000. 141 pp. Notes: Addresses women as pioneers and in particular Josefa Carrillo, Maria Ampari Ruiz de Barton, and Maria de la Concepcion Marcila Arguello y Moraga.

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Hurtado, Albert L. Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999. 173 pp. Notes: Covers topics like sex roles, mixed marriages, sexuality at missions, pioneer life, and marriage market in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Hyer, Joel Ross. "'We Are Not Savages': Native Americans in Southern California and the Pala Reservation, 1840-1920." Ph.D. diss., University of California, Riverside, 1999. 445 pp. Notes: Offers the thesis that the California Indian tribes of Cupenos, Luisenos and Kumeyaays acted with natural logic when choosing which aspects of Spanish or Mexican cultures or policies when benefit them.

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Ibarra Rivera, Gilberto. Escritos y Escritores de Temas Sudcalifornios. La Paz, Baja California: B.C.S., Gobierno de Estado de Baja California Sur, 1998. 419 pp. Notes: Examines Mexican literature in regard to the history of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas del Estado de Baja California. Seminario de Historia de Baja California. Ensenada, Baja California: The Author, 1996. 161 pp. Notes: A collection of seminar papers concerning the history of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Jordan, Fernando, Felipe Galvez, and Aide Grijalva. El Otro Mexico: Biografia de Baja California. Mexico City: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1997. 396 pp. Notes: History of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Kalani, Lyn. Fort Ross. Jenner, CA: Fort Ross Interpretative Association, 1998. 53 pp. Notes: A history and ecology of Fort Ross.

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Kirk, Anthony. "In a Golden Land So Far: The Rise of Art in Early California." California History 71(1992): 2-23. Notes: Traces the history of art in California through the Gold Rush discussing artworks and artists.

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____________. "Picturing California." California History 76(1997): 357-374. Notes: Discusses 14 art pieces (drawings, paintings and sketches) of early California art, 1776-1847, that are reproduced with the article.

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Kitchener, Amy V. Famila, Fe y Fiestas = Family, Faith and Fiestas: Mexican American Celebrations of the Holiday Season. Fresno: Arte Americas, 1996. 73 pp. Notes: Exhibit catalog from Arte Americas and the Fresno Arts Council Folk Arts Program, November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997 which centers on the San Joaquin Valley historical celebrations.

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Landi, Lisa Michele. "Monterey: A Meeting Place of Architectural Traditions of Southern and Northern California, 1769-1920." M.A. thesis, University of Notre Dame, 1995. 191 pp. Notes: Provides an overview of California Spanish architecture by examining architecture in Monterey.

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Larios, Rodolfo. The Food and Wine of Alta California: A Regional Mexican Cuisine from Its Beginnings. N.p.: The Author, 1999. 19 pp.

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Lazcano Sahagun, Carlos. La Primera Entrada: Descubrimento del Interior de la Antigua California. Ensenada, Mexico: Fundacion Barca, Museo de Historia de Ensenada, 2000. 390 pp. Notes: A history of the discovery and Christianization of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Linse, Barbara and George Kuska. California's Hispanic Roots for Kids = Las Raices Hispanas de California para los Ninos. Larkspur, CA: Arts Publications, 1995. 95 pp. Notes: An introduction to the history of Spanish California in Spanish and English.

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Lint-Sagarena, Roberto Ramon. "Inheriting the Land: Defining Place in Southern California from the Mexican American War to the Plan Espiritual de Aztlan." Ph.D. diss., Princeton University, 2000. 249 pp. Notes: The author suggests that southern California became part of the broader American region by the interactions of Americans and Franciscan missionaries.

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Leon Portilla, Miguel. La California Mexicana: Ensayos Acerca de su Historia. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas, 1995. 308 pp. Notes: Essays on the history of Baja California and missionary work of the Jesuits, Franciscans and the Dominicans. In Spanish.

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Longinos Martinez, Jose. Dario de las Expedicinos a las Californias de Jose Longinos. Edited by Salvador Bernabeu Albert, 1994. 315 pp. Notes: The diary of Longinos (d. 1803) written during the 1787-1803 botanical expedition of California and Mexico. In Spanish.

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Lopez, Antoinette Sedillo, ed. Historical Themes and Identity: Mestizaje and Labels. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995. 550 pp. Notes: Essays on the history of Latinos in the U.S. with some on the California and the Southwest, such as, "The First Californios" and "The Sonora Migration to California."

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Lothrop, Gloria Ricci. "Westering Women and the Ladies of Los Angeles: Sisters Under the Skin?" Californians 12:6(1995): 12-23. Notes. Examines the status of women in Los Angeles and their accomplishments beginning in 1781.

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Lozano, Beverly. "The Andalucia-Hawaii-California Migration: A Study in Macrostructure and Microhistory." Comparative Studies in Society and History 26(April 1984): 305-324. Notes: Analyzes the migration of agricultural laborers that migrated from Spain to Hawaii and to California early in California history.

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Mapes, Kathleen Anne. "Race and Class in Nineteenth Century California." M.A. thesis, Michigan State University, 1992. 155 pp. Notes: A study on race relations, ethnic identity, women, and society of the Mexican in California.

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Marinacci, Barbara and Rudy Marinacci. California's Spanish Place-Names: What they Mean and How They Got There. Houston, TX: Gulf Pub. Co., 1997. 305 pp.

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Martinez, Pablo L. Historia de Baja California. La Paz, Baja California: Patronato del Estudiante Sudcaliforniano, Direccion Estatal de Educacion, 1991. 605 pp. Notes: A comprehensive history of Baja California. In Spanish.

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____________. Introduccion de la Vacuna Antivariolosa en Baja California, 1806. La Paz, Baja California: Archivo Historico "Pablo L. Martinez," 1998. 9 pp. Notes: Historical introduction about smallpox vaccination in Baja California, 1806. In Spanish.

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Mason, William M. The Census of 1790: A Demographic History of Colonial California. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, 1998. 133 pp.

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Mathes, W. Michael. La Frontera Ruso-Mexicana: Documentos Mexicanos para la Historia del Establecimiento Ruso en California, 1808-1842. Mexico City: Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, 1990. 299 pp. Notes: Presents sources important to Russian history in California, 1808-1842. In Spanish.

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McNeil, Keith and Rusty McNeil. California Songbook: With Historical Commentary. Riverside, CA: WEM Records, 2001. 125 pp. Notes: Contains Spanish songs from early California.

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Middleton, John and Lyn Kalani. Clothing in Colonial Russian America: A New Look. Kingston, ON: Limestone Press, 1996. Notes: Russian dress at Fort Ross and Alaska. Distributed by University of Alaska.

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Miller, Jeffrey. "California's Tsarist Colony." History Today 42(January 1992): 23-228. Notes: Recounts the history of Fort Ross, 1799-1842, and the reasons for its purchase by John Sutter.

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Miller, Robert Ryal. A Yankee Smuggler on the Spanish California Coast: George Washington Eayrs and the Ship Mercury. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 2001. 115 pp. Notes: A biography of Eayrs (1775-1855).

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Minnich, Richard A. and Ernesto Franco Vizcaino. Land of Chamise and Pines: Historical Accounts and Current Status of Nothern Baja California's Vegetation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 166 pp.

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Monroy, Douglas. "The Creation and Re-Creation of Californio Society." California History 76(1997): 173-195. Notes: A survey history of the Californios, ruling class, during the Spanish and Mexican periods with their large holdings being the highlight of the era.

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____________. Thrown Among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. 337 pp.

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Morales Polo, Sergio. Memoria Loretana: Cerca de 100 Hechos Historicos y Anecdoticos, Clasificados Segun el Mex en Que Acaecieron. Loreto, Baja California: Editorial Londo, 1999. 26 pp. Notes: A chronology of Loreto's history. In Spanish.

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Morton, Carlos. Los Dorados. Studio City, CA: Players Press, 1991. 20 pp. Notes: A drama on Mexicans in early California.

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Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall. Loners, Mavericks and Dreamers: Art in Los Angeles Before 1900. Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Art Museum, 1993. 125 pp. Notes: A catalog of an art exhibit at Laguna Art Museum, 1993-1994, that contains Spanish colonial art.

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Niemann, Greg. Baja Legends: The Historic Characters, Events, and Locations That Put Baja California on the Map. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2002.
Notes: Presents a factual account of the significant elements in Baja California history.

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Nunis, Doyce B. "Alta California's Trojan Horse: Foreign Immigration." California History 76(1997): 299-330. Notes: Shows the subtle effect of immigration during the Spanish and Mexican periods on settlement and trade, and the oozing of American migration into the region.

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____________. "Medicine in Spanish California." Southern California Quarterly 76(1994): 31-57. Notes: Examines disease and medical treatment during the colonial period, 1539-1821, with of the study having to do with infectious disease brought by the Spanish which nearly eliminated the California Indian.

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____________, ed. Southern California's Spanish Heritage: An Anthology. Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1992. 375 pp. Notes: Contains essays on Cabrillo, Crespi, Portola, Serra, Garces, missions, ranchos, libraries and settlements.

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____________ and Jennifer A. Watts, eds. Women in the Life of Southern California. Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1996. 431 pp. Notes: An anthology containing essays on women of the Spanish and Mexican periods.

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O, Maria Eugenia de la. Historia Regional de Baja California: Perfil Socioeconomico. Mexico City: Editorial Limusa, 2000. 120 pp. Notes: A history of the natural resources, economic conditions and geography of Baja California. In Spanish.

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O'Grady-Raeder, Alix. "The Baltic Connection in Russian America." Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas 42(1994): 321-339. Notes: Focuses on the representation the Baltic peoples had in Russian visibility on the Pacific Coast of North America such as seaman, government officials, and scientists. In English.

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Ortega Noriega, Sergio. Un Ensayo de Historia Regional: El Noroeste de Mexico, 1530-1880. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas, 1993. 321 pp. Notes: A history of Sonora, Sinaloa, Baja California, California, and Arizona, 1530-1880. In Spanish.

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Ortega Soto, Martha. Alta California: Una Frontera Olvidad del Noroeste de Mexico, 1769-1846. Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, 2001. 493 pp. Notes: A history of Spanish and Mexican California through 1846. In Spanish.

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Osio, Antonio Maria. The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California. Translated by Rose Marie Beebe, and Robert M. Senkewicz. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. 388 pp. Notes: Osio lived from 1800-1878.

[C118]
Pacheco, Carlos. La Controversia Acerca de la Politica de Colonizacion en Baja California. Mexicali, Mexico: SEP, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 1997. 334 pp. Notes: A discussion of land settlement and government policy in Baja California. In Spanish.

[C119]
Paddington, Joshua, ed. A World Transformed: Firsthand Accounts of California before the Gold Rush. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 1998. 344 pp. Notes: An anthology in English of early writings on California: Crespi, Palou, Vancouver, Rezanov, Beechy, Dana, Bryant, Kemble and others.

[C120]
Padilla, Genaro M. My History, Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. 280 pp. Notes: Examines Mexican autobiographical writings in Alta California such as those from Mariano G. Vallejo, Rafael Chacon, and Cleofas Jaramillo.

[C121]
Paul, Jeff. Observaciones de la Historia de la Familia Vaca en Alta California Antes y Desde 1842. San Jose, CA: The Author, 1993. 35 pp. Notes: A history of the Juan Manuel Vaca family of Vacaville, CA.

[C122]
Pepper, Choral. Baja's Vanishing Missions, Mysteries, and Myths. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2000.

[C123]
Perry, Claire. "Pacific Arcadia: Images of California, 1600-1915." Ph.D. diss., Stanford University, 1993. 619 pp. Notes: Investigates artworks that suggest the "California Dream" was advertised in some regard in them and was used to draw people to California for settlement and development.

[C124]
Phelan, Regina V. The Land Known as Alta California. Spokane: Prosperity Press, 1997. 65 pp. Notes: A brief history of the Spanish and Mexican periods at juvenile reading level.

[C125]
Pinera Ramirez, David. Ocupacion y Uso del Suelo en Baja California: De los Grupos Aborigenes a la Urbanizacion Dependiente. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Investigaciones Historicas UNAM-UABC, 1991. 221 pp. Notes: Examines settlement and land tenure in early Baja California. In Spanish.

[C126]
Pitti, Stephen Joseph. "Quicksilver Community: Mexican Migrations and Politics in the Santa Clara Valley, 1800-1960." Ph.D. diss., Stanford University, 1998. 490 pp. Notes: Discusses the formation of a Mexican community in the early years and then examines the impact of mercury mining in later years.

[C127]
Preston, William. "Serpent in the Garden: Environmental Change in Colonial California." California History 76(1997): 260-298. Notes: Outlines the damage done by non-native plants, animals and disease, 1542-1848 to the environment and to the California Indians.

[C128]
Pubols, Helen Louise. "The de la Guerra Family: Patriarchy and the Political Economy of California, 1800-1850." Ph.D. diss., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000. 643 pp. Notes: Even though the de la Guerra family of Santa Barbara represents the upper class of California who controlled the region, the author submits the argument that California's economy was tied with Latin America in worldwide commerce which made the patriarchal family less of a factor.

[C129]
Quinn, Ronald J. "Historians and the Spanish Occupation of San Diego." Journal of San Diego History 45:3(1999): 206-221. Notes: Stresses that the Spanish not only occupied California to ward off foreign powers taking the territory but also strengthen its hold of other lands in North America.

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Rader, Emily L. "'So We Only Took 120 Acres.' Land, Labor and White Supremacy in the Settlement of Southern California, 1800-1925." Ph.D. diss., University of Southern California, 1998. 521 pp. Notes: Expresses the concept that southern California was settled by whites based on the drive to own land and the mindset of exploitation of other races to work the acreage.

[C131]
Rawls, James J. "Looking Backward: The Californios Tell Their Own Story." Journal of American Ethnic History 18(Winter 1999): 131-133. Notes: An analysis of the sources for California history to 1846.

[C132]
Reilly, Erin M. A River Ran Through It: The Cultural Ecology of the Santa Clara Valley Riparian Zone. Santa Clara: Santa Clara University, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 1994. 74 pp. Notes: Discusses the history of the ecology in the valley as managed by the Costanoan Indians, Spaniards, Mexicans and Americans.

[C133]
Remick, Roger and Michael Trotter. Monterey Furnishings of California's Spanish Revival. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 2000. 175 pp. Notes: A catalog of an exhibit at the California Heritage Museum featuring California Spanish revival furniture.

[C134]
Reyes, Barbara O. "Nineteenth-Century California as Engendered Space: The Public/Private Lives of Women of the Californias." Ph.D. diss., University of California, San Diego, 2000. 204 pp. Notes: Covers gender in missions, and Baja California along with California, 1780s to 1820s.

[C135]
Richter, Glenda and Della Heywood. The Stories of Juana Briones: Alta California Pioneer. Bonita, CA: Bookhandler Press, 2002. Notes: A biography of woman pioneer and her family who developed ranches and aided in the construction of the missions. At the juvenile reading level.

[C136]
Ridge, Martin. "California: An Imagined Country." Southern California Quarterly 76(1994): 115-130. Notes: An analysis of the differing images of California in the minds of various constituents depending upon their desires and perceptions.

[C137]
Rincon Meza, David Jesus. El Camino Real: Esbozo Historico de la Alta California. Tijuana: Editorial Marianela, 1990. 22 pp. Notes: A short piece on the roadway that connected the missions. In Spanish.

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____________. Historia de Baja California. Tijuana: Editorial Marianela, 1993. 144 pp. Notes: A brief history of Baja California with significant information on the indigenous people. In Spanish.

[C139]
Rio, Ignacio and Maria Eugenia Altable F. Breve Historia de Baja California Sur. Mexico City: Colegio de Mexico, Fideicomiso Historia de las Americas, Fondo de Cultura Economica, 2000. 246 pp. Notes: A concise history of Baja California. In Spanish.

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Robinson, John W. The San Gabriels: The Montain Country from Soledad Canyon to Lyttle Creek. Arcadia, CA: Big Santa Anita Historical Society, 1991. 311 pp. Notes: Has a section on early California and the San Gabriels.

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Robinson, Mark Rolun. A Literary Analysis of Juan Bautista de Anza's 1774 Diary. M.A. thesis, San Diego State University, 1997. 112 pp. Notes: A critique of Anza's diary written during his California exploration of 1774.

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Rodriguez Barajas, Julio. Historias de Baja California. Tijuana: Ediciones Ateneo Ignacio M. Altamirano, 2000. 54 pp. Notes: Concentration is on political figures in the early history of Baja California. In Spanish.

[C143]
Rodriguez de Montalvo, Garci and Antonio Joaquin Gonzalez Gonzalo. Sergas de Esplandian. Alcala de Henares: Centro de Estudios Cervantinos, 1999. 134 pp. Notes: An examination of Spanish literature with some discussion on "California" as it appeared in the discourses.

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Roeder, Beatrice A. Chicano Folk Medicine from Los Angeles, California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 377 pp. Notes: Covers early California years.

[C145]
Rojas Munoz, Mary Virginia. "She Bathes in a Sacred Place: Rites of Reciprocity, Power and Prestige in Alta California." M.A. thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997. 47 pp.

[C146]
Rojo, Manuel C. Edited by Coronado E. Moises. Los Apuntes Historicos de Manuel Clemente Rojo Sobre Baja California. La Paz, Baja California: Gobierno del Estado de Baja California Sur, 1996. 109 pp. Notes: An examination of Rojo's (1823?-1900) history of Baja California. In Spanish.

[C147]
Sanchez, Joseph P. "El Plan de Pitic de 1789 las Nuevas Poblaciones Proyectadas en Las Provincias Internas de la Nueva Espana." Colonial Latin American Historical Review 2(1993): 449-467. Notes: Reviews the Pitic Plan of 1789 which was the Spanish policy for establishing new settlements and examines specifically the formation of Villa de Branciforte (near Santa Cruz, California) and its failure. In Spanish.

[C148]
Sanchez, Rosaura. Telling Identities: The Californio Testimonios. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995. 337 pp. Notes: Presents early California sources of the nineteenth century. In English.

[C149]
Sano, Yoshikazu. Vida en Mexico de Trece Naufragos Japoneses, 1842. Mexico City: Artes Graficas Panorama, 1998. 126 pp. Notes: A discussion of Japanese shipwreck victims of 1842 and their contact with the customs and life styles found in Baja California society. In Spanish.

[C150]
Schmal, John Patrick. A Pioneer Family of California, in the Service of Three Flags. N.p.: 1998. 81 pp. Notes: Genealogy of the Quintero family of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara of the Spanish and Mexican periods.

[C151]
Schuetz-Miller, Mardith K. Building and Builders in Hispanic California, 1769-1850. Tucson: Southwestern Mission Res. Center; Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Presidio Res. Center, 1994. 231 pp. Notes: Addresses the architecture and construction of the missions and presidios.

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Shumate, Albert. Nikolai Rezanov and Concepcion Arguello. San Francisco: Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco, 1993. 10 pp. Notes: A lecture on the Rezanov-Arguello courtship delivered on November 7, 1993 to the Gleeson Library Associates.

[C153]
Simonett, Helena. Banda: Mexican Musical Life Across Borders. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. 386 pp. Notes: A history of Mexican music in Sinaloa and Los Angeles.

[C154]
____________. "Loud and Proud: The Social History and Cultural Power of Mexican Banda Music." Ph.D. diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 1997. 337 pp. Notes: A study of Mexican music in Los Angeles.

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Simposio de Historia y Antropologia Regionales, 7th, 1996: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur. Memoria del Septimo Simposio de Historia y Antropologia Regionales. La Paz, Baja California: The University, 1998. 145 pp. Notes: Papers from the symposium primarily on the history of ethnic relations in Baja California. In Spanish.

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Spencer-Hancock, Dianne and Bickford O'Brien. Fort Ross: Indians-Russians-Americans. Jenner, CA: Fort Ross Interpretative Association, 1991. 41 pp. Notes: Originally published in 1978.

[C157]
Stevens, Richard Steven. '"We Are Not Slaves': A History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1869." Ph.D. diss., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995. 768 pp. Notes: Implies that the core of farm workers did not form immediately but through an evolutionary process of change.

[C158]
Stites, Clara. Katya of Fort Russ. Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 2001. Notes: A fiction piece about a young Russian girl at Fort Ross for the juvenile reading level.

[C159]
Swanson, Mark T. From Spanish Land Grants to World War II: An Overview of Historic Resources at the Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu, California. Tucson: Statistical Research, 1994. 107 pp.

[C160]
Tamayo, Jesus. La Ocupacion Espanola de las Californias: Una Interpretacion del Primer Impulso Urbanizador del Noroeste Mexicano a Partir de Algunas Fuentas Historicas. Mexico City: Plaza y Valdes, 1992. 104 pp. Notes: Provides discussion of urbanization in California and Baja California through 1846. In Spanish.

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Taraval, Sigismundo. La Rebelion de los Californios. Edited by E. Moises Coronado. Madrid: Doce Calles, 1996. 196 pp. Notes: Primarily about Indian uprisings in California and Baja California as described by Taraval (1700-1763). In Spanish.

[C162]
Taylor, Lawrence Douglas. Contactos Culturas entre Mexicanos y Anglos Durante las Decades Iniciales del Dominio Estadunidense en California. Tijuana: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, 1994. 22 pp. Notes: Describes the nineteenth century relationship between Mexicans and Anglos in California. In Spanish.

[C163]
Teixeira, Lauren Stephenson. "Access to Information on the Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area: A Descriptive Guide to Research." M.L.S. thesis, San Jose State University, 1991. 180 pp. Notes: Argues that research information on the Costanoan/Ohlone Indians is difficult to find and therefore provides a guide to locate those resources.

[C164]
Tomlin, Kaye and Stephen D. Watrous. Outpost of an Empire: Fort Ross, the Russian Colony in California. Fort Ross, CA: Fort Ross Interpretive Association, 1990. 26 pp.

[C165]
Trejo Barajas, Deni. Espacio y Economia en la Peninsula de California, 1785-1860. Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, 1999. 293 pp. Notes: A look at land tenure and economics in Baja California, 1785-1860.

[C166]
Turner, Erin H. More Than Petticoats: Remarkable California Women. Helena, MT: Falcon, 1999. 128 pp. Notes: Women in California beginning in the early California period.

[C167]
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe. Memoirs of the Vallejos: New Light on the History, Before and After the "Gringos" Came , Based on Original Documents and Recollections. Fairfield, CA: James D. Stevenson Pub. and Napa County Historical Society, 1994. 85 pp. Notes: A reprinting of the articles that appeared in the San Francisco Bulletin, January 26 -February 17, 1914. Vallejo's (1808-1890) memoirs address missions, Indians, Russians, Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846.

[C168]
VanWormer, Stephen R. and James D. Newland. "The History of Hedges and the Cargo Muchacho Mining District, Part 1: A Case Study of Mexican Miners and Corporate Mining in the Southern California Desert." Journal of San Diego History 42:2(1996): 56-85. Notes: Contains a short profile of early mining beginning in 1775 and then continues with American involvement.

[C169]
Vidales Soto, Nicolas. Sinaloenses en la Colonization de la Alta California. Sinaloa: Colegio Atenas del Humaya, Centro de Estudios Historicos del Noroeste, Campus Culiacan, 1995. 80 pp. Notes: A study concerning the reaction of the Sinaloans to Spanish exploration and colonization in Sinaloa with discussion of explorer Juan Bautista de Anza (1735-1788).

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Watrous, Stephen. "Ivan Kuskov: In 'Steadfast Zeal for the Common Knowledge.'" Californians 9:5(1992): 8-18. Notes: Appraises Kuskov's role at Fort Ross, as the founder and commander, and examines his interaction with the Spanish and regional native peoples.

[C171]
Wittenburg, Mary Joanne. "Three Generations of the Sepulveda Family in Southern California." Southern California Quarterly 73:3(1991): 197-250. Notes: Examines the fate of the Sepulvedas who first settled in Los Angeles in 1781 becoming large landholders and eventually through a grandson's loose spending and American arrival to lose its fortune.

[C172]
Wollenberg, Charles. "A Usable History for a Multicultural State." California History 64:3(1985): 202-209. Notes: Recounts California's multiethnic history and urges that future research should include a multiethnic approach.

[C173]
Wyatt, David. Five Fires: Race, Catastrophe, and the Shaping of California. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1997. 288 pp. Notes: The first essay is on Spanish and American conquests of California.

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Zavalishin, D.I. California en 1824. Mexico City: Breve Fondo Editorial, 1996. 116 pp. Notes: A description of Russians living in California, 1824, and written by a Russian, Dmitrii Irinarkhovich Zavalishin (1804-1892). In Spanish.

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