| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
California history sesquicentennial series ; 2
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California history sesquicentennial series ; 2.
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| Note |
"Published in association with the California Historical Society." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A golden state : an introduction / James J. Rawls -- Making old tools work better : pragmatic adaptation and innovation in Gold-Rush technology / Ronald H. Limbaugh -- Capitalism comes to the diggings : from Gold-Rush adventure to corporate enterprise / Maureen A. Jung -- "We all live more like brutes than humans" : labor and capital in the Gold Rush / Daniel Cornford -- Environmental changes before and after the Gold Rush / Raymond F. Dasmann -- "I am resolved not to interfere, but permit all to work freely" : the Gold Rush and American resource law / Donald J. Pisani -- Mother lode for the West : California mining men and methods / Duane A. Smith -- Seeing the elephant / Anthony Kirk -- The Gold Rush and the beginnings of California industry / David J. St. Clair -- From hard money to branch banking : California banking in the Gold-Rush economy / Larry Schweikart and Lynne Pierson Doti -- "Property of every kind" : ranching and farming during the Gold-Rush era / Lawrence James Jelinek -- The golden skein : California's Gold-Rush transportation network / A.C.W. Bethel -- A veritable revolution : the global economic significance of the California Gold Rush / Gerald D. Nash. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
California -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
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California. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.
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Gold mines and mining. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Rawls, James J.
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Orsi, Richard J.
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Smith-Baranzini, Marlene.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Golden state. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1999 0520217705 (DLC) 98026238 (OCoLC)39348010 |
| ISBN |
9780520922532 (electronic book) |
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0520922530 (electronic book) |
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0585230072 (electronic book) |
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9780585230078 (electronic book) |
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9780520217706 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520217705 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520217713 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520217713 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520217705 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520217713 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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