Screen LibraryRush to gold : the French and the California Gold Rush, 1848-1854 /
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| Published: |
Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven ; London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The Lamar series in western history
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300181401 (cloth : alk. paper) : 030018140X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F865 |
| CLC: | K712.9 |
| Call Number: | K712.9/R739 |
| Contents: | France in 1848: Another World Turned Upside Down -- News of California Gold Discoveries Spreads across France -- The French Respond to the California Gold Discoveries: Adventure, New Beginnings, and Trade -- The Rise of the French California Companies -- The Rush to Gold: Obstacles, Preparations, and Departures -- Voyages and Arrivals -- In the Mines: Living and Working in a Masculine Community -- The Flowering of the New California Companies -- The Lottery of the Ingots -- French Stories and French Images of California -- The French Trade, Mine, and Reflect -- The French Argonauts Encounter |