Download or read book Lost Laborers in Colonial California written by Stephen W. Silliman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Americans who populated the various ranchos of Mexican California as laborers are people frequently lost to history. The "rancho period" was a critical time for California Indians, as many were drawn into labor pools for the flourishing ranchos following the 1834 dismantlement of the mission system, but they are practically absent from the documentary record and from popular histories. This study focuses on Rancho Petaluma north of San Francisco Bay, a large livestock, agricultural, and manufacturing operation on which several hundredÑperhaps as many as two thousandÑNative Americans worked as field hands, cowboys, artisans, cooks, and servants. One of the largest ranchos in the region, it was owned from 1834 to 1857 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, one of the most prominent political figures of Mexican California. While historians have studied Vallejo, few have considered the Native Americans he controlled, so we know little of what their lives were like or how they adjusted to the colonial labor regime. Because VallejoÕs Petaluma Adobe is now a state historic park and one of the most well-protected rancho sites in California, this site offers unparalleled opportunities to investigate nineteenth-century rancho life via archaeology. Using the Vallejo rancho as a case study, Stephen Silliman examines this California rancho with a particular eye toward Native American participation. Through the archaeological recordÑtools and implements, containers, beads, bone and shell artifacts, food remainsÑhe reconstructs the daily practices of Native peoples at Rancho Petaluma and the labor relations that structured indigenous participation in and experience of rancho life. This research enables him to expose the multi-ethnic nature of colonialism, counterbalancing popular misconceptions of Native Americans as either non-participants in the ranchos or passive workers with little to contribute to history. Lost Laborers in Colonial California draws on archaeological data, material studies, and archival research, and meshes them with theoretical issues of labor, gender, and social practice to examine not only how colonial worlds controlled indigenous peoples and practices but also how Native Americans lived through and often resisted those impositions. The book fills a gap in the regional archaeological and historical literature as it makes a unique contribution to colonial and contact-period studies in the Spanish/Mexican borderlands and beyond.

Download or read book California Ranchos Second Edition written by Burgess McK Shumway and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California Ranchos is a thorough reworking of a 1942 WPA project, listing the land grants issued during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Entries include: rancho name, record number, present-day county, area of grant, grant date, recipient(s), acreage, new patent date, new recipients' names, and location. Entries are arranged by county and rancho name. Several comprehensive indexes make the material completely accessible. The first place to go for research into California land holdings.

Download or read book California Ranchos written by and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how the rancho way of life became widespread in California after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821.

Download or read book Tales and Treasures of California s Ranchos written by Randall A. Reinstedt and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the histories of the California ranchos and the lifestyle of the people that lived on them.

Download or read book Some Old Ranchos and Adobes written by Philip Scott Rush and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical sketches on California's ranchos, chiefly those of San Diego, Orange and Riverside Counties. Addenda contains partial list of governors of California, Baja California, and the Northern District of Baja California.

Download or read book Ranchos of California written by Robert Grannis Cowan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Decline of the Californios written by Leonard Pitt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Decline of the Californios" is one of those rare works that first gained fame for its pathbreaking and original nature, but which now maintains its status as a classic of California and ethnic history."--Douglas Monroy, author of "Thrown among Strangers"

Download or read book Ranchos of San Diego County written by Lynne Newell Christenson and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican ranchos of San Diego County were a colorful and vital part of early California history. Ranchos covered the most fertile lands in San Diego and produced grain, vegetables, and fruits and grazed thousands of head of cattle, sheep, and horses. The dons and donas who owned the ranchos were wealthy in land and cattle and built large adobe ranch-house complexes. The Kumeyaay, Luiseno, and Cupeno were the backbone of the ranchos, providing the labor needed to run a successful ranch. Daily life of the dons, donas, and their families included the Californio traditions of family and religion, dancing and fiestas, roundups and rodeos, and generous hospitality. Many of the ranchos no longer exist. Those that are preserved provide a window into California's past."

Download or read book California Rancho Cooking written by Jacqueline Higuera McMahan and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of down-to-earth, easy-to-prepare, and stylish California recipes introduces readers to the original "fusion cuisine"--West Coast style--offering a rich bllend of Spanish, Mexican, and Californian. Original.

Download or read book Ranchos of California written by Robert Granniss Cowan and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California Rancho Days written by Helen Bauer and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dise os of California Ranchos Maps of Thirty seven Land Grants 1822 1846 From the Records of the United States District Court San Francisco By Robert H Becker San Francisco The Book Club of California 1964 written by Book Club of California and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California Ranchos written by Burgess McKinnon Shumway and published by Millefleurs. This book was released on 1988 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Grants in Alta California written by Cris Perez and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land in California written by W.W. Robinson and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1979 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land in California, the story of mission land, ranches, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land scrip, homesteads

Download or read book Rancho San Felipe written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Santa Barbara s Royal Rancho written by Walker A Tompkins and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this book was first published as a bestseller in 1960, reviewers noted that the 400-year history of Ranchero Dos Pueblos mirrored in microcosm the history of California itself. Dos Pueblos bears one of California’s oldest place-name, christened by Cabrillo during his voyage of discovery in 1542. Dubbed a “royal rancho” by historians because it was a gift of King Carlos III of Spain, Dos Pueblos was intended to support Mission Santa Barbara during the presidio period following Santa Barbara’s founding in 1782. The first private owner, Irish-born Nicholas A. Den, a medical man, was awarded ownership of the ranch in 1842 by Mexican governor Juan B. Alvarado. When Col. John C. Fremont came over the mountain to seize Santa Barbara for the U.S. during the Mexican War, he emerged onto Dos Pueblos Ranch. During the Gold Rush of ‘49, Den made his fortune selling Dos Pueblos beef to mining camps. Following Den’s death in 1862 the ranch was subdivided among his widow and numerous children. Before and after the turn of the century Royal Ranch was the scene of many diverse activities. One of its later owners bred racehorses. Another converted Dos Pueblos into the world’s largest orchid farm. A major oil company established off-shore petroleum production from pumps operated on the ranch. At the present time the historic spread specializes in such exotic crops as macadamia, cherimoyas and avocados.