01029     2200241   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001200120084001800132100001900150245009600169260005800265300003400323520023000357650005600587650004400643650005200687990002400739990002400763INLIS00000000000145620221114033226  a0010-0520001456221114                |          | eng    a0520234111  aeng  a979.404  a979.404 BUR t0 aBurns, John F.1 aTaming the Elephant :bPolitics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California /cJohn F. Burns  aBerkeley, London :bPrinceton University Press,c2003  axi, 288 p. :b: ill. ;c26 cm  aPreface As much as today's state legislators, officials, and bureaucrats are criticized in California?sometimes with just cause?the first generation of political and governmental leaders was even more vilified in its own day. 4aCalifornia -- Politics and government -- 1846-1850. 4aFrontier and pioneer life -- California 4aCalifornia -- Social conditions -- 19th century  a05155/MKRI-P/I-2008  a05155/MKRI-P/I-2008