Title Claiming the land : British Columbia and the making of a new El Dorado / Daniel Marshall.

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Vancouver, B.C. : Ronsdale Press, [2018]

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"A history of the Fraser River goldrush in the year 1858. It focuses on the war between the native gold miners and the mostly California gold miners, along with the attempts by the British to retain control. It deals with the miners' associations and the numerous non-Caucasian groups as part of the gold rush."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Introduction : Fraser River fever on the Pacific Slope of North America -- Prophetic patterns : the search for a new El Dorado -- The fur trade world -- The Californian world -- The British world -- Fortunes foretold : The Fraser River War -- Mapping the new El Dorado -- Inventing Canada from West to East -- Conclusion : "The river bears south."
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Subject	Fraser River Valley (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries.
	Fraser River Valley (B.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Valley.
	Frontier and pioneer life.
	British Columbia -- Fraser River Valley.
	Gold mines and mining -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
	Gold mines and mining.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	British Columbia -- History -- 19th century.
	British Columbia.
	Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century.
	Indians of North America.
	Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Government relations -- History.
	British Columbia -- History -- 1849-1871.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Marshall, Daniel. Claiming the Land : British Columbia and the Making of a New el Dorado. Vancouver : Ronsdale Press, ©2018 9781553805021
ISBN	9781553805038 (electronic book)
	1553805038 (electronic book)
	1553805046
	9781553805045 (electronic book)
	9781553805021

Title Claiming the land : British Columbia and the making of a new El Dorado / Daniel Marshall.

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