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A 4 page review of “California: A Study of American Character” by Josiah Royce. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The society likes to imagine that those who founded the various regions of the country were noble and adventuresome men of virtue. And, on the other side there were individuals
who were clearly the "bad" guys of the nation. We, as a nation, tend to make heroes out of individuals who were perhaps not very heroic, in historical consideration, and
people who we know nothing about save through history books. In "California: A Study of American Character," written in the late 19th century, Josiah Royce seeks to essentially dispel myths
and wrong assumptions concerning the nature of various individuals and events relating to the state of California. The following paper provides a brief review of Royces work. California In
first examining this work we note that one critic illustrates how "unlike historians of the West who view the conquering American spirit with unmitigated admiration, Royce sought to tell a
fuller story, to bridge the distance between the West of the imagination and the West as it truly was" (California: A Study of American Character: Josiah Royce, 2004). People liked,
and still like, to imagine the West as a place of adventure, noble adventure, the Gold Rush, and cowboys and not necessarily see aspects of the West that were less
than favorable. Royces work set out to discover all aspects of California and its history, to discover "the dark side of California history while trying . . . to retain
the West of the imagination" (California: A Study of American Character: Josiah Royce, 2004). Royce is obviously one of those individuals who was not content to accept the history that
had been written. As another critic points out, "Josiah Boyce found he could not trust many of the historic narratives about the states founding, and sought a more candid, realistic
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