Book 2005

The Cattle on a Thousand Hills

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Publisher: Huntington Library Press
Language: English
Published: 2005

American history
Ranch life
History
History - U.S.
Reference
USA
Cattle trade
19th century

History of the rapid transition in southern California in a 20 year period, 1850-1870: the impact of Anglo-Saxon customs and institutions on Spanish-Californian pastoral life, the breakup of large ranchos and the increase of agriculture, and the beginnings of urban economic communities.