Volume 90, Number 1 - California Historical Society
Volume 90, Number 1 - California Historical Society Volume 90, Number 1 - California Historical Society
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Executive Director anthea hartig Editor Janet FireMan Managing Editor Shelly Kale Reviews Editor JaMeS J. raWlS Design/Production Sandy bell Editorial Consultants LARRY E . BURGESS ROBERT W . CHERNY JAMES N . GREGORY JUDSON A . GRENIER ROBERT V . HINE LANE R . HIRABAYASHI LAWRENCE J . JELINEK PAUL J . KARLSTROM SALLY M . MILLER GEORGE H . PHILLIPS LEONARD PITT California History is printed in Los Angeles by Delta Graphics. Editorial offices and support for California History are provided by Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. california history volume 90 number 1 2012 The Journal of the California Historical Society From the Editor: Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Courtship and Conquest: Alfred Sully’s Intimate Intrusion at Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 By Stephen G. Hyslop “With the God of Battles I Can Destroy All Such Villains”: War, Religion, and the Impact of Islam on Spanish and Mexican California, 1769–1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 By Michael Gonzalez Joaquin Miller and the Social Circle at the Hights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 By Phoebe Cutler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 on the front cover (Detail) The artist and U.S. Army officer Alfred Sully (1821–1879) held posts in Monterey and Benicia, California, during the years immediately following the American conquest of California. As Stephen Hyslop observes, Sully described people and scenes of Californio society in his letters and artwork. This untitled painting, created circa 1850, is an idealized view of the life to which he aspired at the time (see pages 4–17). www.encore-editions.com contents 1
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Executive Director<br />
anthea hartig<br />
Editor<br />
Janet FireMan<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Shelly Kale<br />
Reviews Editor<br />
JaMeS J. raWlS<br />
Design/Production<br />
Sandy bell<br />
Editorial Consultants<br />
LARRY E . BURGESS<br />
ROBERT W . CHERNY<br />
JAMES N . GREGORY<br />
JUDSON A . GRENIER<br />
ROBERT V . HINE<br />
LANE R . HIRABAYASHI<br />
LAWRENCE J . JELINEK<br />
PAUL J . KARLSTROM<br />
SALLY M . MILLER<br />
GEORGE H . PHILLIPS<br />
LEONARD PITT<br />
<strong>California</strong> History is printed in<br />
Los Angeles by Delta Graphics.<br />
Editorial offices and support for<br />
<strong>California</strong> History are provided by<br />
Loyola Marymount University,<br />
Los Angeles.<br />
california history<br />
volume <strong>90</strong> number 1 2012 The Journal of the <strong>California</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
From the Editor: Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Courtship and Conquest:<br />
Alfred Sully’s Intimate Intrusion at Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
By Stephen G. Hyslop<br />
“With the God of Battles I Can Destroy All Such Villains”:<br />
War, Religion, and the Impact of Islam on Spanish<br />
and Mexican <strong>California</strong>, 1769–1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
By Michael Gonzalez<br />
Joaquin Miller and the Social Circle at the Hights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
By Phoebe Cutler<br />
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
on the front cover<br />
(Detail) The artist and U.S. Army officer Alfred Sully (1821–1879) held posts in Monterey<br />
and Benicia, <strong>California</strong>, during the years immediately following the American conquest<br />
of <strong>California</strong>. As Stephen Hyslop observes, Sully described people and scenes of Californio<br />
society in his letters and artwork. This untitled painting, created circa 1850, is an idealized<br />
view of the life to which he aspired at the time (see pages 4–17).<br />
www.encore-editions.com<br />
contents<br />
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