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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. PREHISTORY TO THE GOLD RUSH
THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN PREHISTORIC SACRAMENTO
CONTACT AND ENCOUNTER WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE
JOHN SUTTER AND HIS LEGACY
CREATING THE NEW OUTPOST
THE DYNAMIC OF MANIFEST DESTINY
CITY BUILDING
2. GOLD, NATURE, AND CITY BUILDING
THE GOLD MINING BOOM
CREATING SACRAMENTO CITY
FORGING A GOVERNMENT, SETTLING COMPETING CLAIMS
THE PERILOUS YEAR: 1850
FLOODS, FIRES, AND EPIDEMICS
BUILDING A STATE CAPITOL
THE CREATION OF URBAN COMMUNITY
WOMEN’S ROLES
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
THE PRESS
SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY
3. A MATURING CITY
A DEFINITIVE IMPACT: THE RAILROAD
THE RAILROAD AND SACRAMENTO
THE RAILROAD YARDS
AGRICULTURE
RAILROAD DOMINANCE OF SACRAMENTO POLITICS
CLASS STRUGGLE
THE PULLMAN STRIKE: LABOR VIOLENCE
BUILDING THE CITY: ELECTRICITY AND TRANSPORTATION
PROMOTING THE CITY: CREATING URBAN LEGENDS
ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL ENHANCEMENTS
HEALTH CARE
THE LEGACY OF DAVID LUBIN
4. RETOOLING FOR MODERN TIMES
GOVERNMENT REFORM
THE NEW URBAN POLITICS: RAILROAD CONTROL
A MORE DIVERSE CITY
PROGRESSIVE HIGH TIDE: THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND CLINTON F. WHITE
A GROWING AND CHANGING CITY
GOVERNMENTAL REFORM AGAIN
WORLD WAR I: DEMANDS FOR LOYALTY AND A NEW MOOD
SACRAMENTO AND PROHIBITION
SACRAMENTO AND THE KU KLUX KLAN
SACRAMENTO ASSOCIATIONALISM
TOWARD A GREATER SACRAMENTO
TRANSPORTATION AND THE RISE OF AUTOMOBILE CULTURE
THE BUILDING BOOM OF THE 1920S
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
CITY JOURNALISM, ENTERTAINMENT, AND LEISURE
5. THE NEW DEAL AND THE WAR
THE GRIP OF THE DEPRESSION
COUNTY RESPONSES
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO THE RESCUE
DUDLEY: PROMOTER OF AIR POWER
THE WAR
JAPANESE RELOCATION
NEW DEMOGRAPHICS: THE LATINO PRESENCE
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESENCE
ENTERTAINMENT
THE END OF THE WAR
6. THE EMERGENCE OF A METROPOLIS
NEW URBAN LEADERS
ECONOMIC EXPANSION: GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS
POPULATION GROWTH
SACRAMENTO’S NEW SUBURBS
NEW SCHOOLS
INFRASTRUCTURE: A NEW SYSTEM OF ROADS AND FREEWAYS
AIR TRANSPORT AND A DEEP-WATER PORT
WATER PROJECTS AND NEW POWER
HEALTH CARE
REDEVELOPMENT
THE CHANGING CULTURE OF SACRAMENTO
MASS CONSUMPTION CULTURE
THE NEW STATE FAIRGROUNDS
ENTERTAINMENT
YOUTH CULTURE
7. U RBAN RENAISSANCE
THE CHALLENGES OF THE 1970S
A CHANGING POPULATION
GOVERNMENTAL CHANGE
THE DECLINE OF OLD INDUSTRIES AND BASE CLOSURES
HIGH TECH AND STATE GOVERNMENT
BRINGING THE SUBURBS TO THE CITY
SPORTS
THE POOR IN A CHANGING SACRAMENTO
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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