CALIFORNIA HISTORY SESQUICENTENNIAL SERIES
Beginning in the 75th year of California History and in commemoration of the state's 150th anniversary, CHS, in association with the University of California Press, published a series of four volumes of California History essays by leading scholars reinterpreting important themes of the state's history, from the earliest days through the Gold Rush and up to 1870:
- Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush
Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Richard J. Orsi, editors (1998) - A Golden State: Mining and the Development of California
James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi, editors (1999) - Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California
Kevin Starr and Richard J. Orsi, editors (2000) - Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California
John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi, editors (2003)
