Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush Book

Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush, Winner of the 2001 Bancroft Prize. Historical insight is the alchemy that transforms the familiar story of the Gold Rush into something sparkling and new. The world of the Gold Rush that comes down to us through fiction and film—of unshaven men name, Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

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Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush
Written by author Susan Lee Johnson
Published by Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., December 2000
Winner of the 2001 Bancroft Prize. Historical insight is the alchemy that transforms the familiar story of the Gold Rush into something sparkling and new. The world of the Gold Rush that comes down to us through fiction and film—of unshaven men name
Winner of the 2001 Bancroft Prize. Publishers Weekly The California Gold Rush is commonly identified with the peculiarly American movement of Manifest Destiny, but as Johnson reveals in this informative study of the period, the Gold Rush w

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List of Illustrations 9
Preface 11
Prologue: Joaquin Murrieta and the Bandits 25
Part I Rush
Chapter 1 On the Eve of Emigration 57
Part II Boom
Chapter 2 Domestic Life in the Diggings 99
Chapter 3 Bulls, Bears, and Dancing Boys 141
Chapter 4 Mining Gold and Making War 185
Part III Bust
Chapter 5 Dreams That Died 237
Chapter 6 The Last Fandango 275
Epilogue: Telling Tales 315
Notes 345
Selected Bibliography 425
Index 449

Title: Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

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W. W. Norton & Company

Item Number: 9780393320992

Publication Date: December 2000

Product Description: Full Name: Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush; Short Name:Roaring Camp

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Rating: 2.5/5 based on 2 Reviews

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 5.600 cm (2.20 inches)

Heigh : 8.300 cm (3.27 inches)

Depth: 1.300 cm (0.51 inches)

Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

Well researched cultural history but not terribly well written.

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	List of Illustrations	9
	Preface	11
	Prologue: Joaquin Murrieta and the Bandits	25
Part I	Rush
Chapter 1	On the Eve of Emigration	57
Part II	Boom
Chapter 2	Domestic Life in the Diggings	99
Chapter 3	Bulls, Bears, and Dancing Boys	141
Chapter 4	Mining Gold and Making War	185
Part III	Bust
Chapter 5	Dreams That Died	237
Chapter 6	The Last Fandango	275
	Epilogue: Telling Tales	315
	Notes	345
	Selected Bibliography	425
	Index	449