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California
A Study of American Character
by Josiah Royce
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.
Introduction : The Territory and the Strangers
Page 1
I.
The Land
Page 3
II.
Outlines of Older California History
Page 8
III.
The Californian People
Page 30
IV.
The Americans in California before the Conquest
Page 34
CHAPTER II.
The American as Conqueror: The Secret Mission and the Bear Flag
Page 48
I.
The Confidential Agent, and the Beginnings of War
Page 50
II.
The Bear-Flag Heroes
Page 60
III.
Sloat, the Administration, and the Mystery of the Secret Mission
Page 84
IV.
The Mystery as formerly expounded by Captain Fre- mont's Friends
Page 87
V.
Californian Hostility as a Cause for War
Page 93
VI.
The Mystery as now expounded by General Fremont Ill VII The Mystery deepens
Page 123
VIII.
Only one Dispatch contains the Secret Mission
Page 129
IX.
The Mystery as expounded by the one Dispatch
Page 133
X.
Supplementary Evidence and Summary
Page 141
CHAPTER III.
The Conquest completed, the Interregnum, and the Birth of the State
Page 151
I.
The Conquerors and their Consciences
Page 152
II.
Sloat, the Larkin Intrigue, and the English Legend
Page 157
III.
The Wolf and the Lamb
Page 174
IV.
The Revolt and the Re-conquest
Page 184
V.
The Conquerors as Rulers and as Subjects; Quarrels, Discontent, and Aspirations
Page 198
VI.
The Beginnings of the American San Francisco
Page 213
VII.
Gold, New-Comers, and Illusions
Page 220
VIII.
The Ways to the New Land
Page 234
IX.
The Struggle for a Constitution
Page 246
X.
The Constitutional Convention and its Outcome
Page 259
CHAPTER IV.
The Struggle for Order: Self-Government, Good-Humor and Violence in the Mines
Page 271
I.
The Philosophy of California History during the Golden Days
Page 272
II.
The Evolution of Disorder
Page 278
III.
Pan and Cradle as Social Agents : Mining Society in the Summer of 1848
Page 282
IV.
Mining Society in 1849 and 1850, and the Beginning of Sluice-Mining
Page 301
V.
The Spirit of the Miners' Justice of 1851 and 1852 ; the Miners on their own Law
Page 313
VI.
Miners' Justice in Action — Characteristic Scenes and Incidents
Page 325
VII.
A Typical History of a Miniag Camp in 1851-52
Page 344
VIII.
The Warfare against the Foreigners
Page 356
IX.
The Downieville Lynching of July 5, 1851
Page 368
X.
The Attainment of Order
Page 374
CHAPTER V.
Social Evolution in San Francisco
Page 377
I.
The New City and the Great Fires
Page 378
II.
The Moral Insanities of the Golden Days
Page 391
III.
Conservatism, Churches, and Families
Page 398
IV.
Popular Justice in February, 1851
Page 407
V.
The First Vigilance Committee
Page 417
VI.
Social Corruption and Commercial Disaster
Page 422
VII.
The New Awakening of Conscience
Page 432
VIII.
The Crisis of May, 1856
Page 437
IX.
Popular Vengeance and the New Movement
Page 448
X.
Perils and Triumphs of the Great Committee
Page 453
CHAPTER VI.
Land-Titles and Politics
Page 466
I.
Early Land Troubles
Page 467
II.
The Native Population and the Later Struggle for their Laud
Page 480
III.
Early Political Conflicts
Page 491
IV.
Conclusion
Page 499
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