Heizer, Robert F. and Almquist, Alan F

Berkeley. 1977. University Of California Press. Reprinted Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers With Crease On Back Cover. 0520034155. 278 pages. paperback. . keywords: History California. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A collection of 168 documents in the form of official letters from military personnel, Indian Agents, and unsigned articles in California newspapers dating from 1847 to 1865 dealing with the treatment of California Indians will be published shortly by the Peregrine Press of Santa Barbara. These documents will provide some of the original material which was used in writing The Other Californians and may, therefore, be looked on as a companion volume. From the Preface to the first printing:It is the authors' hope to provide in this book a social history of non-Anglo ethnic groups in California's past as illustrated by attitudes of prejudice and acts of discrimination directed against these groups. Historians have been aware that racial prejudice was displayed by California whites, but in general they have treated the subject as though it was an unimportant one, perhaps because race prejudice in the last century was not always considered inhumane in the collective conscience of Americans. ‘A major contribution to California historiography.will allow other scholars to analyze more fully the origins of racism and the range of ethnic experiences in California.'–Pacific Historical Review. . ‘A rare and realistic examination of American racism at work. It should be placed in the hands of every American who questions the reality of American racism.' –Race and Schools. inventory #35127 ISBN: 0520034155.