HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE OF 1851: A STUDY OF SOCIAL CONTROL ON THE CALIFORNIA FRONTIER IN THE DAYS OF THE GOLD RUSH
by WILLIAMS, Mary Floyd
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Berkeley, CA: U. of California Press, 1921. First edition. 8vo. 543 pp. Portraits, facsimile. Cowan Vol. II, p. 687: "Best work on the subject." Original navy cloth, gilt spine title. Very good unopened copy.
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- Title
- HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE OF 1851: A STUDY OF SOCIAL CONTROL ON THE CALIFORNIA FRONTIER IN THE DAYS OF THE GOLD RUSH
- Author
- WILLIAMS, Mary Floyd
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- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- U. of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1921
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