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A 5 page paper which presents a examination of Douglas Monroy’s “Thrown Among Strangers.” The paper also uses the book “The Elusive Eden” by Bullough, Rice and Orsi to present a foundation within California history. No additional sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAmonroy.rtf
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knows that the diversity of geography and the diversity of communities is incredibly reflective of the complex history of this state. It is a state filled with history regarding Native
Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, gold rushes, various mining endeavors, railroad ventures, agriculture, logging, and many other events and peoples. The following paper looks at one particular time and place in Californias
history as presented by Douglas Monroy in his book "Thrown Among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California." The paper then briefly compares it to the work "The
Elusive Eden" by Bullough, Rice and Orsi which is a book that covers all of California and most of Californias history up to present times. Thrown Among Strangers
Monroys work is quite extensive, despite the fact that it is not a comprehensive historical examination of all of California. It is a work that addresses the powerful changes that
affected and essentially created the Mexican culture of Southern California. His work examines the people, the indigenous peoples, of Southern California when the Europeans and others came to change the
lifestyles of these people. And, while there are perhaps many different points that Monroy makes in his work, his primary thesis is obviously aimed at how and why the Europeans
inflicted their way of life on those who were perfectly stable prior to the arrival of the various invaders. Such a perspective can be seen in Chapter 1 of
Monroys work where he first details Natives seeing Europeans and their "magical" objects such as fire starting equipment and guns. Monroy focuses on what the Europeans wanted from these people,
what the Europeans plan was for labor perspectives involving these people. His work essentially illustrates how the Europeans were determined to alter the way of life for these people for
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