LEADER 00000cam a2200793Ia 4500 001 ocm74813651 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041227.5 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 061101s2006 nbuabfh ob s001 0 eng d 019 476151789|a814470396|a824556284 020 0803253001|q(electronic book) 020 9780803253001|q(electronic book) 020 1280705345 020 9781280705342 035 (OCoLC)74813651|z(OCoLC)476151789|z(OCoLC)814470396 |z(OCoLC)824556284 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dOCLCG|dOCLCQ|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ |dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dP@U|dNLGGC|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dNRU |dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 043 n-us-ca|an-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 F865|b.S966 2006eb 072 7 HIS|x036010|2bisacsh 072 7 GR, GTB, HBK|2bicssc 082 04 979.4/04|222 090 F865|b.S966 2006eb 100 1 Stillson, Richard T.|q(Richard Thomas)|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/names/no93002529 245 10 Spreading the word :|ba history of information in the California gold rush /|cRichard T. Stillson. 264 1 Lincoln :|bUniversity of Nebraska Press,|c[2006] 264 4 |c©2006 300 1 online resource (viii, 274 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) :|billustrations, maps, facsimiles 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index. 505 0 Newspapers : credibility and information -- The marketplaces for information : guidebooks and maps -- To the trailheads : from advertisements to rumors -- On the trail : from printed guidebooks to mountain man experts -- Information and communications in California : maps, mail, and express -- The gold rush in 1850 : private communications and public information -- Appendix A. Selected booksellers' catalogs, 1844-1847 -- Appendix B. Prices and wages in the gold rush -- Appendix C. Classification of Kurutz bibliography -- Appendix D. Oregon-California trail guidebook title pages. 520 Examines the ways in which easterners who traveled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. By providing a historical context for assessing information and by viewing communication strategies as a core element of the gold rush itself, this book reveals a connection between media, myth, and reality. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 19th century|2fast 650 0 Communication|xSocial aspects|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85029040|zCalifornia|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79041717-781|xHistory|y19th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2002006167 650 0 Mass media|zUnited States|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2010100918|y19th century.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 650 0 Publishers' catalogs|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008100174|vBibliography.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001362 650 7 Gold mines and mining.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /944469 650 7 Information resources.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /972599 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Communication|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/870009 650 7 Mass media.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1011219 650 7 Publishers' catalogs.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1732445 651 0 California|xGold discoveries|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85018877|xInformation resources |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001160 |xHistory|y19th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002006167 651 0 California|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79041717 |vGuidebooks|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh99001297|vBibliography.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99001362 651 0 California|vMaps|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2008100257|vBibliography.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99001362 651 7 California.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204928 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Guidebooks.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423871 655 7 Bibliographies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1919895 655 7 Maps.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423704 655 7 Guidebooks.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026108 655 7 Bibliographies.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026048 776 08 |iPrint version:|aStillson, Richard T. (Richard Thomas). |tSpreading the word.|dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006|z0803243251|w(DLC) 2006004324 |w(OCoLC)64065848 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=162263|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160615|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID