California
Subtitle: A Study of American Character
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company
Published: 1886
Place of publication: Boston and New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The Territory and the Strangers
pagenum: 1
label: CHAPTER I; title: The Land
pagenum: 3
label: I; title: Outlines of Older California History
pagenum: 8
label: II; title: The Californian People
pagenum: 30
label: III; title: The Americans in California before the Conquest
pagenum: 34
label: IV; title: The American as Conqueror: The Secret Mission and the Bear Flag
pagenum: 48
label: CHAPTER II; title: The Confidential Agent, and the Beginnings of War
pagenum: 50
label: I; title: The Bear-Flag Heroes
pagenum: 60
label: II; title: Sloat, the Administration, and the Mystery of the Secret Mission
pagenum: 84
label: III; title: The Mystery as formerly expounded by Captain Fre- mont's Friends
pagenum: 87
label: IV; title: Californian Hostility as a Cause for War
pagenum: 93
label: V; title: The Mystery as now expounded by General Fremont  Ill VII The Mystery deepens
pagenum: 123
label: VI; title: Only one Dispatch contains the Secret Mission
pagenum: 129
label: VIII; title: The Mystery as expounded by the one Dispatch
pagenum: 133
label: IX; title: Supplementary Evidence and Summary
pagenum: 141
label: X; title: The Conquest completed, the Interregnum, and the Birth of the State
pagenum: 151
label: CHAPTER III; title: The Conquerors and their Consciences
pagenum: 152
label: I; title: Sloat, the Larkin Intrigue, and the English Legend
pagenum: 157
label: II; title: The Wolf and the Lamb
pagenum: 174
label: III; title: The Revolt and the Re-conquest
pagenum: 184
label: IV; title: The Conquerors as Rulers and as Subjects; Quarrels, Discontent, and Aspirations
pagenum: 198
label: V; title: The Beginnings of the American San Francisco
pagenum: 213
label: VI; title: Gold, New-Comers, and Illusions
pagenum: 220
label: VII; title: The Ways to the New Land
pagenum: 234
label: VIII; title: The Struggle for a Constitution
pagenum: 246
label: IX; title: The Constitutional Convention and its Outcome
pagenum: 259
label: X; title: The Struggle for Order: Self-Government, Good-Humor and Violence in the Mines
pagenum: 271
label: CHAPTER IV; title: The Philosophy of California History during the Golden Days
pagenum: 272
label: I; title: The Evolution of Disorder
pagenum: 278
label: II; title: Pan and Cradle as Social Agents : Mining Society in the Summer of 1848
pagenum: 282
label: III; title: Mining Society in 1849 and 1850, and the Beginning of Sluice-Mining
pagenum: 301
label: IV; title: The Spirit of the Miners' Justice of 1851 and 1852 ; the Miners on their own Law
pagenum: 313
label: V; title: Miners' Justice in Action — Characteristic Scenes and Incidents
pagenum: 325
label: VI; title: A Typical History of a Miniag Camp in 1851-52
pagenum: 344
label: VII; title: The Warfare against the Foreigners
pagenum: 356
label: VIII; title: The Downieville Lynching of July 5, 1851
pagenum: 368
label: IX; title: The Attainment of Order
pagenum: 374
label: X; title: Social Evolution in San Francisco
pagenum: 377
label: CHAPTER V; title: The New City and the Great Fires
pagenum: 378
label: I; title: The Moral Insanities of the Golden Days
pagenum: 391
label: II; title: Conservatism, Churches, and Families
pagenum: 398
label: III; title: Popular Justice in February, 1851
pagenum: 407
label: IV; title: The First Vigilance Committee
pagenum: 417
label: V; title: Social Corruption and Commercial Disaster
pagenum: 422
label: VI; title: The New Awakening of Conscience
pagenum: 432
label: VII; title: The Crisis of May, 1856
pagenum: 437
label: VIII; title: Popular Vengeance and the New Movement
pagenum: 448
label: IX; title: Perils and Triumphs of the Great Committee
pagenum: 453
label: X; title: Land-Titles and Politics
pagenum: 466
label: CHAPTER VI; title: Early Land Troubles
pagenum: 467
label: I; title: The Native Population and the Later Struggle for their Laud
pagenum: 480
label: II; title: Early Political Conflicts
pagenum: 491
label: III; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 499
label: IV