na INLIS000000000001456 20221114033226 0010-0520001456 221114 | | eng 0520234111 eng 979.404 979.404 BUR t Burns, John F. Taming the Elephant : Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California / John F. Burns Berkeley, London : Princeton University Press, 2003 xi, 288 p. : : ill. ; 26 cm Preface 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. California -- Politics and government -- 1846-1850. Frontier and pioneer life -- California California -- Social conditions -- 19th century 05155/MKRI-P/I-2008 05155/MKRI-P/I-2008