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Author | : Malcolm J. Rohrbough |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1998-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520216598 |
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When gold was discovered in California in 1848, the news caused the greatest mass migration in the history of the Republic. This comprehensive history demonstrates how the Gold Rush touched the lives of families & communities everywhere in the U.S.
Author | : Malcolm J. Rohrbough |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2023-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520922075 |
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On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners filled with adventurers in search of heretofore unimagined wealth. Those who joined the procession—soon called 49ers—included the wealthy and the poor from every state and territory, including slaves brought by their owners. In numbers, they represented the greatest mass migration in the history of the Republic. In this first comprehensive history of the Gold Rush, Malcolm J. Rohrbough demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. No other series of events between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War produced such a vast movement of people; called into question basic values of marriage, family, work, wealth, and leisure; led to so many varied consequences; and left such vivid memories among its participants. Through extensive research in diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Rohrbough uncovers the personal dilemmas and confusion that the Gold Rush brought. His engaging narrative depicts the complexity of human motivation behind the event and reveals the effects of the Gold Rush as it spread outward in ever-widening circles to touch the lives of families and communities everywhere in the United States. For those who joined the 49ers, the decision to go raised questions about marital obligations and family responsibilities. For those men—and women, whose experiences of being left behind have been largely ignored until now—who remained on the farm or in the shop, the absences of tens of thousands of men over a period of years had a profound impact, reshaping a thousand communities across the breadth of the American nation.
Author | : Malcolm J. Rohrbough |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2013-07-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 030018140X |
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The California Gold Rush attracted 300,000 gold seekers in the mid-1800s, and it is the story of 30,000 Frenchman who came by sea that is told in The Rush to Gold. This is the first book to give an international focus to this pivotal time.
Author | : Julie Ferris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780753452189 |
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Presents a look at the sites and society that existed in San Francisco during the time of the Gold Rush in the 1850s.
Author | : Rosalyn Schanzer |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2007-01-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781426300400 |
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The author uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848. Full color.
Author | : Judy Monroe |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780736810982 |
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Follows the development of the gold rush in California starting in the 1840's. Examines its effects on the economic, social, and political development of the area from early times through statehood and into the modern day.
Author | : Mark A. Eifler |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2016-07-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317910222 |
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In January of 1848, James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. For a year afterward, news of this discovery spread outward from California and started a mass migration to the gold fields. Thousands of people from the East Coast aspiring to start new lives in California financed their journey West on the assumption that they would be able to find wealth. Some were successful, many were not, but they all permanently changed the face of the American West. In this text, Mark Eifler examines the experiences of the miners, demonstrates how the gold rush affected the United States, and traces the development of California and the American West in the second half of the nineteenth century. This migration dramatically shifted transportation systems in the US, led to a more powerful federal role in the West, and brought about mining regulation that lasted well into the twentieth century. Primary sources from the era and web materials help readers comprehend what it was like for these nineteenth-century Americans who gambled everything on the pursuit of gold.
Author | : John Walton Caughey |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1975-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520027633 |
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Author | : Sabrina Crewe |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2002-12-17 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780836833935 |
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The California Gold Rush.
Author | : Andrea G. McDowell |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674248112 |
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The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to “foreigners” and Indians, and miners were hesitant to yield power to the state that formed around them.