California's Changing Historic and Contemporary Dynamics , by Steven M. Millner, Louis M. Holscher, and Iris M. Jerke, contains a rich variety of materials that describe the consequences of racial and ethnic change in today's California. The collection of articles contained in this text present vivid descriptions of what Californians have encountered when the "majority" shifted in the past. Readers will be able to appreciate how tensions that have surfaced in today's "Golden State" resemble difficulties from the past, and how social solutions can be contemplated through this realization.