The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Spring 1999, Volume 45, Number 2
Richard W. Crawford, Editor

Main Articles

Inventing Agriculture in Southern California
By Matthew F. Bokovoy
Marketing a Booming City in 1887: San Diego in the Chicago Press
By Frederick G. Hoyt
The Outposts of Mission San Luis Rey
By Phil Brigandi

Book Reviews

Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience.
By Susan Davis. Reviewed by Annalisa Berta.
The Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster.
By Mike Davis. Reviewed by Matthew Bokovoy.
Five Fires: Race, Catastrophe, and the Shaping of California.
By David Wyatt. Reviewed by Matthew Bokovoy.
“In the Mix:” Struggle and Survival in a Women’s Prison.
By Barbara Owen. Reviewed by G. Thomas Gitchoff.
Scattered Round Stones: A Mayo Village in Sonora, Mexico.
By David Yetman. Reviewed by Philip J. Greenfeld.
Last Bonanza Kings: The Bourns of San Francisco.
By Ferol Egan. Reviewed by Michael Magliari.