Get students thinking critically about California politics.

Help students to understand how California′s political system works with this concise text, thoroughly revised for the Sixth Edition. Author Renée Van Vechte

An overview of the geography, history, economy, and people of California.

The essays in The California Republic explore the evolution of Progressivism in California and also its contemporary policy consequences. Designed to work in ta

Underscoring the essentials, Van Vechten's concise text delivers on the concepts and details students need to understand how California's political system works