Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California, Osborne 9781405194549 New^+

Pacific EldoradoA History of Greater California\nAuthor(s): Thomas J. Osborne\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405194549, 978-1405194549\nSynopsis\nPACIFIC ELDORADO PACIFIC ELDORADO A HISTORY OF GREATER CALIFORNIA Californias rich and complex history has long been shaped by its relationship with the vast ocean along its western shores. Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California presents the first comprehensive text to explore the entire sweep of Californias past in relationship to the maritime world of the Pacific Basin. Noted historian Thomas J. Osborne dispels the commonly held notion of pre-Gold Rush California as a remote and isolated backwater. He traces the evolution of Americas most populous state from the time of prehistoric Asian seafarers and sixteenth-century Spanish explorers through to its emergence in the modern world as a region whose unmatched resources and global influence have rende.