Table of Contents
California:
The
Pacific
Connection by
David
W.
Lantis,
Rodney
Steiner,
Arthur
E.
Karinen
California
geography
with
a
regional
approach
for
general
interest
to
the
educated
reader
and
student.
Forethoughts
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Background
Part One: The Intermontane Region
Chapter Two: The Northeast
An Obtrusive Earth; Inhabitance; Land of Beef and Timber; The Several Realms; A Unique Land
Chapter Three: The Trans-Sierra
In Quest of Gold -- And Borax; A Desolate Land; The Sierra Forelands; The Western Great Basin; An Almost Changeless Land
Chapter Four: The Mojave Desert
A Land to Cross; The Desert; Enter Humankind; Shafts and Open Pits; Alfalfa and Sparse Pastures; Clusters of People; The Needles District; Desert Training and Missle Research; Fisherfolk and Rock Hounds; "Outliers" of "Greater" Los Angeles; The Rest of the Desert; The Desert Plan; Looking Forward
Chapter Five: The Colorado Desert
The Salton Trough; A Hot, Hot Summer Land; Creosote and Burroweed; Cahuilla and Yuman; A Way West; The Search for Water; Imperial Valley; Bard Valley; Anza Borrego Desert; Salton Sea; Coachella Valley; Palm Springs District; Compendium
Part Two: The Heartland
Chapter Six: Southern California
From Hokans to Pacific Basin Peoples; Market, Perishables, Electronics, and Tourtists; Land, Sea and Sky
The San Diego Country -- Metropolitan San Diego; North County; The Back Country
The Los Angeles Basin -- A Sprawling Conurbation; Los Angeles Coastal Plain; The Northwest; The Outer Plain; The Central Plain; Orange County; The San Fernando Valley; The San Gabriel Valley; The Inland Valley; The San Jacinto Basin
The Oxnard Plain -- A Beautiful Domain; Autos, Trains, and Oil Tankers; The Seaside; Megalopolitan
The Santa Barbara Coast
The Transverse Ranges -- Mountain Blocks and Chaparrel, The Role of People
The Channel Islands -- The Older Days; The Islands Today
In Retrospect
Chapter Seven: The Central Coast
Hills, Vales, and Oak Grasslands; Indians, Spanish and Anglos; A Late Century Overview
The Western Lowlands -- The Lompoc-Santa Ynez Valley, The Santa Maria Valley, The Arroyo Grande Valley, The San Luis Area, The Salinas Valley, Pajaro Valley, The Northern San Benito Valley
The Interior Basins -- The Upper San Benito Valley; Cuyama Valley, The Carrizon Plain
The Shore -- San Luis Obispo Bay; Morro Bay; Big Sur Country; The Monterey Peninsula, The Santa Cruz Coast
The Ranges -- The Santa Lucia Range; The Gabilan Range; The Diablo Range; Southern Ranges; Looking Ahead
Chapter Eight: The San Francisco Bay Area
San Fransicco Bay
The East Bay -- An Attractive Habitat; Villages Become Multi-Cities; By Land, Sea and Air; "Greater" Oakland; South Alameda Bayshore; The Oil Coast; Interior East Bay
The South Bay -- In the Middle; The West Side; The Western Slopes
The Peninsula -- This Blessed Land; Milk Cows and Commuters; Houses and Beaches
San Francisco -- "The City"; The Many Neighborhoods; Whither San Francisco?
Marin Peninsula -- This Blessed Land; Milk Cows and Commuters; Houses and Beaches
North Bay -- Six and a Half Central Places
The Northern Borderlands -- Santa Cruz Range; The Halfmoon Littoral; Southern Santa Clara Valley; Mount Hamilton Range
There Are Problems
Chapter Nine: The Great Central Valley
The Physical Realm; Rancherias Become Farms; A Land with Products; Freeways and Ship Channels; People of the Valley; "Bewildered Metropolises"
Sacramento Valley -- The Redding District; The West Side; The Flood Basins; The East Side; The Northern Districts; The Sacramento District
The Delta Lands -- A Variety of Crops; Waterland Paradise; Quiet Levee Places
The San Joaquin Valley -- The East Side; The Trough; The West Side; Fields of Cotton; The South End; Needed: One Good Crystal Ball1
Part Three: The Northern Highlands
Chapter Ten: The Sierra Nevada
The Arrangement; Foothills to Alpine Summits; Settlement; Locomotives and Automobiles; The High Sierra, The Eastern Slope; The Southern Prongs; The Foothills; The Northern Sierra
Chapter Eleven: The Southern Cascade
The Physical Realm; Yesteryear; Forestry and Other Pursuits; Quasi-Stagnant Villages; The Future
Chapter Twelve: The Northwest
Canyons, Rain and Conifers; From Salmon Fishers to Miners and Loggers; From Forestry to Tourism; The Real North Coast; Redwood Hearlands; Russian River Basins; Lake County; The Eastern Highlands; Klamath Country; A Hidden Corner - with Problems
Part Four: Overviews
Overview A: Climate
Controls; Change and Modification; A Diversity of Climates
Overview B: Landforms
Landform Divisions; Geomorphic Provinces; The Hazards of Earthquakes; Many Mineral Commodities
Overview C: Natural Vegetation
Overview D: Soils
Transported Soils; Residual Soils
Overview E: Population
Distribution Patterns; Hither, Thither; Structure; Social Belts
Overview F: Agriculture
Land and Farms; Owners and Workers; The Market Place; Scores of Commodities; Is There Space?
Overview G: Water
The Quest for Water; The California Water Project; Looking Ahead
Overview H: Energy
Consumption and Conservation; Energy Sources; The Future and Energy
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
About the Authors
