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Californios, Anglos, and the Performance of Oligarchy in the U.S. West (Paperback)
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In Californios, Anglos, and the Performance of Oligarchy in the
U.S. West, author Andrew Gibb argues that the
mid-nineteenth-century encounter between Anglos and californios-
the Spanish-speaking elites who ruled Mexican California between
1821 and 1848-resulted not only in the Americanization of
California but also the "Mexicanization" of Americans. Employing
performance studies methodologies in his analysis of everyday and
historical events, Gibb traces how oligarchy evolved and developed
in the region. The oligarchic rule of the californios has
significantly shaped the social and political development of the
greater U.S. West from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Traces of that power are still visible in the places where
California's elites continue to gather-from the meeting rooms of
the California Club in downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific-Union
at the top of San Francisco's Nob Hill, to the dining rooms and
parlors of Pasadena mansions and Hillsborough estates. Gibb
outlines regional patterns of oligarchic rule that reveal the
continuous functioning of an autocratic power structure that traces
its roots to Mexican California. While the power of local oligarchs
has waned in the years since the Second World War, the significant
influence they still wield is a reminder of an era when
exceptionally concentrated land ownership ensured elite control of
California society. This interdisciplinary study draws on
performance studies, theatre historiography, and New Western
History to identify how the unique power relations of historical
California were constituted and perpetuated through public
performances- not only traditional theatrical productions, but also
social events such as elite weddings and community dances-and
historical events-the U.S. seizure of the city of Monterey, the
feting of Commodore Stockton in San Francisco, and the Bear Flag
Revolt.
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