and that i am constantly thinking about the documents uncovering and of the wathe wayi told the narrative eo the experience and the way in which uncovering the hidden paths can change public policy and public discourse as a way that we understand the path in order to shape the future. >> you spoke of the first governor of california. your book begins in 1846 california came into the union in 1850. back then there was that was ay quick time frame wasn't as? >> it's an extraordinary thing. i'm not a subscriber to the exceptionalism as you know the book pushes against that pretty hard but it is a rapid turnaround because of the extraordinary wealth provided in the gold rush and the extraordinary migration, so the migration to california is the single largest mass migration of the united states 19th century so by 1850 there is already a substantial number of people and it's also because the generals in charge were not activists and in fact they encouraged the democratic process to happen very quickly, so the california state constitutional convention happens in the fall of 1849 almost a year bef