Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which focuses on the period when California began its rise to national prominence. Includes a reassessment of the role of the Southern Pacific Railroad and a look at the roots of California Progressivism. 8 pages of photographs, footnotes, bibliographical note, index. End-paper maps. x, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-804708479.