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A 6 page paper which examines Carey McWilliams “Southern California, An Island on the Land.” The paper also briefly discusses “Elusive Eden: A New Eden” by Rice, Bullough and Orsi. No additional sources cited.
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File: JR7_RAcalif5.rtf
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It is a land that was seen as wild and untamed, a land of fertile valleys and snowy mountains. It is a land of great seashores and beaches and a
land of gold. It was the land of the Mexicana and a land of the Natives. Its history is incredibly detailed and almost chaotic at times. The resulting state is
now one that is quite diverse and clearly different from any other state in the nation. In Carey McWilliams book, "Southern California, An Island on the Land," the author focuses
on Southern California and its incredibly strange diversity. It is also a book that was originally written in the 1940s but still provides us with a wondrous look at the
history of California. The following paper reviews this book and then briefly compares it with the book "Elusive Eden: A New Eden" by Rice, Bullough and Orsi. Southern California,
An Island on the Land This particular book, as the name implies, is about southern California and thus does not go into detail about northern California and the history, such
as the gold rush and railroad, which were powerful parts of northern Californias history. However, what McWilliams presents is a look at the unique region that is southern California. In
many ways his purpose seems to be that of informing the reader just how diverse and often confusing and contradictory California, or southern California, is and was. McWilliams discusses
many of the figures who made their way into southern California and many people who were originally here, going through the development of California. He discusses the Natives and the
Mexicans and those individuals who were the wealthy in the early days. He illustrates, most powerfully, the unique nature of southern California and does this in a most interesting and
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