The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (Volume XXXIV) California Pastoral 1769-1848

By Hubert Howe Bancroft

Book Overview

Before gold, California lived quietly. In this commanding volume from Hubert Howe Bancroft's landmark series, the state appears not as a rush of prospectors but as a pastoral borderland shaped by faith, land, and livestock. California Pastoral 1769-1848 is a california history reference built as a historical document collection: a stitched-together record of Spanish and Mexican California, from the founding of the spanish missions in california to the long rancho era california and the upheavals that ended it. Land grants, mission secularisation, and frontier law are followed across decades, turning ledgers and testimonies into narrative. You can dip in for a date or name, or read on for the larger pattern. Built for study. Bancroft writes with the reach of classic regional history and the discipline of a working archive, drawing readers into california pastoral society, its institutions, and the forces that bound Alta California 1769-1848 to spanish colonial north america and the wider early American West history. The result serves many purposes at once: an indispensable aid for genealogy and local history, and a sturdy companion for academic California studies. 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. For the curious browser it reads as a vivid map of a lost landscape; for the classic-history collector it remains a cornerstone of Bancroft's monumental attempt to assemble the documentary memory of the Pacific coast.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353708303
• ISBN13: 9789353708306
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 818 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"