Ebooks
- Academic eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowCollection of over 200,000 full-text ebooks from EBSCO
America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century by ISBN: 9780520280830Publication Date: 2016-03-29
An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings by ISBN: 9780520275492Publication Date: 2013-02-15
Becoming Citizens: The Emergence and Development of the California Women's Movement, 1880-1911 by ISBN: 9780252068188Publication Date: 2000-01-13
California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression by ISBN: 9780803235038Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920 by ISBN: 9780807830611Publication Date: 2006-11-27
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 by ISBN: 9781469631189Publication Date: 2017-04-10
Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation by ISBN: 9780520206229Publication Date: 1997-04-30
From Mission to Microchip: a history of the California labor movement by ISBN: 0520288416Publication Date: 2016-06-28
The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the Republican Party, and the Birth of Modern California by ISBN: 9780521194006Publication Date: 2012-03-26
Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood by ISBN: 9780520274099Publication Date: 2013-01-15
Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD by ISBN: 1469646846Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Saints and Citizens: Indigenous Histories of Colonial Missions and Mexican California by ISBN: 1306069491Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Taming the Elephant: politics, government, and law in pioneer California by ISBN: 0520234138Publication Date: 2003-04-30
To California by Sea: A Maritime History of the California Gold Rush by ISBN: 1570031533Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Writing the Trail: Five Women's Frontier Narratives by ISBN: 9781587295096Publication Date: 2006-10-01
General Books
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The following books can be found in the library's General Collection, or the white-labeled book shelves. Use the call number to find the book on the shelves. You can check out 20 general books at one time. Each book can be checked out for 3 weeks, with up to two renewals of 3 weeks each.
Women Trailblazers of California by Call Number: CT3262.C25 H27 2012ISBN: 9781609496753Publication Date: 2012-08-07
Indians of California: The Changing Image by Call Number: E78 .C15 R35 1984ISBN: 0806118741Publication Date: 1986-09-01
Digger: the tragic fate of the California Indians from the missions to the gold rush by Call Number: E78 .C15 S8 1997ISBN: 0517709511Publication Date: 1997-08-05
We Are the Land: A History of Native California by Call Number: E78.C15 A487 2021ISBN: 9780520280496Publication Date: 2021-04-20
The Enduring Struggle: Indians in California History by Call Number: E78.C15 P461 1981ISBN: 0878351183Publication Date: 1981
Alcatraz! Alcatraz! The Indian Occupation of 1969-1971 by Call Number: E99 .D1 E15 1992Publication Date: 1992
Major Problems in Asian American History by Call Number: E174 .A75 M35 2003ISBN: 9780618077342Publication Date: 2002-10-08
Contest for California: From Spanish colonization to the American conquest by Call Number: F864 .H97 2012ISBN: 9780870624117Publication Date: 2012-05-07
Daily Life During the California Gold Rush by Call Number: F865 .M39 2014ISBN: 9780313363092Publication Date: 2014-09-09
The Best Land under Heaven: the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny by Call Number: F868.N5 W36 2017ISBN: 9780871407696Publication Date: 2017-06-06
The Battle for Los Angeles: Racial Ideology and World War II by Call Number: F869.L89 A2535 2006ISBN: 9780826340474Publication Date: 2006-09-01
General Books cont'd
The Browns of California: The Fmaily Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation by Call Number: F866.3 .P39 2018ISBN: 9781632867339Publication Date: 2019-01-10
Living for the City: migration, education, and the rise of the Black Panther party in Oakland, California by Call Number: F869.O2 M87 2010ISBN: 9780807871133Publication Date: 2010-10-04
Five Fires: race, catastrophe, and the shaping of California by Call Number: F870 .A1 W93 1997ISBN: 0201144794Publication Date: 1997-05-13
Seeking el Dorado: African Americans in California by Call Number: F870 .N4 S44 2001ISBN: 0295980826Publication Date: 2001-05-01Also available as an eBook!
Early California Costumes: 1769-1847, and historic flags of California by Call Number: GT617.C2 M3Publication Date: 1932
City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles by Call Number: GV417.D63 P63 2017ISBN: 9780691125039Publication Date: 2017-04-04
Los Angeles's Historic Ballparks by Call Number: GV879.5 .E68 2010ISBN: 9780738580326Publication Date: 2010-04-12
California and the Dust Bowl Migration by Call Number: HD1527 .C2 S76 1973ISBN: 083716267XPublication Date: 1973-02-24
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles by Call Number: HD4464.L7 S73 2015ISBN: 9780062251428Publication Date: 2015-03-31
The Union of Their Dreams: power, hope, and struggle in Cesar Chavez's farm worker movement by Call Number: HD6515.A292 U546 2009ISBN: 9781596914605Publication Date: 2009-10-13
The Hippies: A 1960s History by Call Number: HN59 .M645 2017ISBN: 9780786499496Publication Date: 2017-01-10Look for sections in the book specific to California.
Starving for Justice: hunger strikes, spectacular speech, and the struggle for dignity by Call Number: HN79.C23 H8425 2017ISBN: 9780816532582Publication Date: 2017-03-21
From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969 by Call Number: HQ767.5.U5 G87 2020ISBN: 9781496223135Publication Date: 2020-11-01Also available as an eBook!
Summer of Love: the inside story of LSD, rock & roll, free love, and high times in the wild West by Call Number: ML3534 .S45 1999ISBN: 0815410190Publication Date: 1999-09-07
The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood by Call Number: PN1993.5.U65 T56 2005ISBN: 0375400168Publication Date: 2004-11-30
