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The Court That Tamed the West: From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom
The Court That Tamed the West: From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom
The Court That Tamed the West: From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom
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This unique history reveals how a century of Federal Court drama and influential rulings shaped the development and culture of Northern California.
 
From the gold rush to the Internet boom, the US District Court for the Northern District of California has played a major role in how business is done and life is lived on the Pacific Coast. When California was first admitted to the Union, pioneers were busy prospecting for new fortunes, building towns and cities—and suing each other. San Francisco became the epicenter of a litigious new world of fortune-seekers and corporate interests.
 
Northern California’s federal court set precedents on issues ranging from shanghaied sailors to Mexican land grants and the civil rights of Chinese immigrants. Through the era of Prohibition and the labor movement to World War II and the tumultuous sixties and seventies, the court's historic rulings have defined the Bay Area's geography, culture, and commerce.
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Release dateJun 1, 2016
ISBN9781597142632
The Court That Tamed the West: From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom

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    Be honest, now ... do you think that a book covering the history of the US District Court of the (now Northern) District of California would be an interesting one? Well, that just goes to show how wrong you can be. From the original Admiralty Court to the Gold Rush claims disputes to competing Spanish and Mexican land grants (one which claimed almost all of the new and booming city of San Francisco), from civic and business elites forming vigilante governments, from Chinese immigration cases to Prohibition and the Depression, from resistance to multiple wars to the tech boom, "The Court That Tamed The West" is a fascinating story of California through the amazing lens and unique perspective of the federal district court. I'll concede that the writing can be a trifle dry on occasion, but the 160-years' history of the area, as told by its litigation (and the characters that, at times, lie behind these cases and controversies) is too rich to pass up.

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