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Rush to gold : France and the California gold rush, 1848-1854 / Malcolm J. Rohrbough.
LIBRA F865 .R66 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rohrbough, Malcolm J.
- Series:
- Lamar series in western history
- The Lamar series in western history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French.
- History.
- California--Gold discoveries.
- California.
- Gold mines and mining.
- French--California--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Part 1 France
- 1 France in 1848: Another World Turned Upside Down 7
- 2 News of California Gold Discoveries Spreads across France 21
- 3 The French Respond to the California Gold Discoveries: Adventure, New Beginnings, and Trade 37
- 4 The Rise of the French California Companies 55
- 5 The Rush to Gold: Obstacles, Preparations, and Departures 73
- Part 2 California
- 6 Voyages and Arrivals 91
- 7 In the Mines: Living and Working in a Masculine Community 110
- Part 3 France
- 8 The Flowering of the New California Companies 129
- 9 The Lottery of the Golden Ingots 143
- 10 French Stories and French Images of California 162
- Part 4 California
- 11 The French Trade, Mine, and Reflect 177
- 12 The French Argonauts Encounter the Americans 193
- 13 The Last French Argonauts 217
- Part 5 France
- 14 The French Argonauts Return to France: The Close of the California Adventure 237
- 15 The Long Echoes of the French "Rush to Gold" in California 253
- 16 The Balance Sheet 269.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300181401
- 030018140X
- OCLC:
- 824670873
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