After the Gold Rush : tarnished dreams in the Sacramento Valley / David Vaught.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaught, David, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--California--Sacramento Valley--History.

Agriculture.

Sacramento Valley (Calif.)--History.

Sacramento Valley (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 310 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.

Summary:

Their dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue. "Glorious"

PART ONE: MAKING A SETTLEMENT

1 Removals

2 Seduced

3 Farms without Titles

4 "A Very Public Place"

PART TWO: DISASTER AND PERSISTENCE

5 "To Begin Again"

6 Favorite Son

7 Prominent Citizens

PART THREE: THE SECOND GOLD RUSH

8 "As Good As Wheat"

9 "A Devil's Opportunity"

10 Looking Back

PART FOUR: THE NEW GENERATION EMERGES

11 Gold-Wheat-Fruit

12 Legacies

Epilogue. Remnants

Notes

Essay on Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780801897801

OCLC:

923194639