San Diego: California's CornerstoneA comprehensive history of San Diego from the time of the indigenous people to the controversial mayoral election of 2004. Chapters cover the Spanish, Mexican, Victorian, WWI and WWII eras, and the post-war boom. Includes a 25-page chronology of events, plus bibliography and index. |
Contents
The Land and Its People | 5 |
Old and New World Backgrounds | 21 |
The Spanish Period 17691821 | 43 |
Under Mexican Rule 18211846 | 57 |
Yankees Arrive 18461870 | 71 |
New Town Is Born Again 18701889 | 87 |
The Victorian Era 18901910 | 109 |
World War I and PostWar Progress 19101930 | 127 |
The Changing Pattern of City Growth 19501970 | 165 |
Birth of the Modern Era 19701990 | 187 |
Into the Third Millennium 19912005 | 221 |
San Diego Chronology | 249 |
Communities of the San Diego Metropolitan Area | 276 |
Place Names in San Diego County | 277 |
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