The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization
first edition
1976 · Berkeley
by Cook, Sherburne F.
Berkeley: University of California, 1976 First edition, thus. Very scarce. Foreword by Woodrow Borah and Robert F. Heizer. xi, [3], 522pp. Some tables, extensive notes, index. Brown cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. the six essays reprinted here were first published as volumes of the Ibero-Americana series between 1940-1943. The small initial editions of the essays have long been out-of-print. This combined edition makes the essays available without change in the text but the order has been rearranged. Includes "The Indian Versus the Spanish Mission"; "The Physical and Demographic Reaction of the Nonmission Indians in Colonial and Provincial California"; "The American Invasion, 1848-1870"; "Trends in Marriage and Divorce since 1850"; "Population Trends Among the California Mission Indians"; and "The Mechanism and Extent of Dietary Adaptation Among Certain Groups of California and Nevada Indains".. (Inventory #: 8086)