California, history to 1845/Bibliography

Surveys

 * Hubert Howe Bancroft. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, vol 18-24, History of California to 1890; complete text online; written in the 1880s, this is the most detailed history,
 * Robert W. Cherny, Richard Griswold del Castillo, and Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo. Competing Visions: A History of California (2005), new textbook
 * Gutierrez, Ramon A. and Richard J. Orsi (ed.) Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush (1998), essays by scholars
 * Carolyn Merchant, ed. Green Versus Gold: Sources In California's Environmental History (1998) readings in primary and secondary sources
 * Rawls, James and Walton Bean California: An Interpretive History (2003) 8th edition of standard textbook
 * Rice, Richard B., William A. Bullough, and Richard J. Orsi. Elusive Eden: A New History of California 3rd ed (2001), standard textbook
 * Rolle, Andrew F. . California: A History 6th ed. (2003), standard textbook
 * Starr, Kevin California: A History (2005), interpretive history
 * Sucheng, Chan, and Spencer C. Olin, eds. Major Problems in California History (1996), primary and secondary documents

to 1846

 * , primary sources
 * Charles E. Chapman; A History of California: The Spanish Period Macmillan, 1991
 * Albert L. Hurtado, John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier (2006) University of Oklahoma Press, 416 pp. ISBN 0-8061-3772-X.
 * Kent Lightfoot. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers (2004)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Albert L. Hurtado, John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier (2006) University of Oklahoma Press, 416 pp. ISBN 0-8061-3772-X.
 * Kent Lightfoot. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers (2004)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Kent Lightfoot. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers (2004)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Kent Lightfoot. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers (2004)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)
 * Young, S., and Levick, M. The Missions of California (1988)