Daily Life during the California Gold Rush
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Daily Life during the California Gold Rush

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Daily Life during the California Gold Rush

About this book

This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time. It is easy to see the vestiges of the California Gold Rush in the state's modern culture. The San Francisco 49ers football team are named after the term given to those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold; California is nicknamed "The Golden State;" and the official state motto is "Eureka" meaning "I have found it" in Greek-a reference to mining success. But the Gold Rush was not only a pivotal event with lasting impact in California; it also greatly affected America as a whole and global society. This book examines the historical significances of the California Gold Rush, beginning with life in California prior to the Gold Rush and European colonization and concluding with information regarding contemporary California. Readers will gain historical insights from the highly detailed explorations of how life in California evolved and understand the enormous impact of an event over 160 years ago on present-day America.

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Yes, you can access Daily Life during the California Gold Rush by Thomas Maxwell-Long,Thomas . Maxwell-Long in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780313363092
eBook ISBN
9798216070795
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chronology
  9. 1. California before the Gold Rush
  10. 2. Life in Transition: The Call of the California Gold Rush
  11. 3. The Golden Years of the Rush, 1848–1850: Economic Expansion, Population Explosion, and Rush to Statehood
  12. 4. Politics, Discrimination, and Law
  13. 5. Expanding Entrepreneurialism
  14. 6. Civil War, Social Unrest, and Other Gold Rushes
  15. Glossary
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index