Spreading the Word A History of Information in the California Gold Rush / Richard T. Stillson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stillson, Richard T. (Richard Thomas)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers' catalogs--United States--Bibliography.

Publishers' catalogs.

Mass media--United States--History--19th century.

Mass media.

Communication--Social aspects--California--History--19th century.

Communication.

California--Maps--Bibliography.

California.

California--Guidebooks--Bibliography.

California--Gold discoveries--Information resources--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the ways in which easterners who traveled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. By providing a historical context for assessing information and by viewing communication strategies as a core element of the gold rush itself, this book reveals a connection between media, myth, and reality.

Contents:

Newspapers : credibility and information

The marketplaces for information : guidebooks and maps

To the trailheads : from advertisements to rumors

On the trail : from printed guidebooks to mountain man experts

Information and communications in California : maps, mail, and express

The gold rush in 1850 : private communications and public information

Appendix A. Selected booksellers' catalogs, 1844-1847

Appendix B. Prices and wages in the gold rush

Appendix C. Classification of Kurutz bibliography

Appendix D. Oregon-California trail guidebook title pages.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-261) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610705344

9781280705342

1280705345

9780803253001

0803253001

OCLC:

476151789