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The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (Volume XIX) History of California (Vol. II) 1801-1824.

The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (Volume XIX) History of California (Vol. II) 1801-1824.

Howe Bancroft, Hubert

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21st Century United States HistoryChinese HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9353703719
ISBN13: 9789353703714
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 812
Weight: 2.23
Height: 1.79 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
California changes fast in these pages. Borders, loyalties, and daily life shift under your feet. A crucial turning point. In The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (Volume XIX), History of California (Vol. II) 1801-1824, Bancroft delivers a historical chronicle volume that tracks california 1801 1824 with a steady narrative drive and a researcher's ear for documentary detail. This is academic california history at its most readable: a sweep of california government and society seen through the pressures of frontier administration, trade, settlement, and conflict. Moving through early nineteenth century california, the book follows the difficult handover from spanish to mexican rule, showing how power travelled between distant capitals and local realities in missions presidios and pueblos. Built as primary source history, it rewards careful reading with the texture of records, reports, and on-the-ground testimony that shaped decisions and reputations. Bancroft's significance lies in scale and ambition: few nineteenth-century historians attempted such a comprehensive account of the Pacific borderlands, and fewer still assembled evidence with this breadth. For anyone drawn to mexican era borderlands history or american west frontier studies, it remains a foundational research reference volume; for the curious general reader, it is an engrossing window into how a region becomes a polity. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a worthy addition to any library history collection.

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