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Days of gold: the California Gold Rush and the American nation

Rohrbough, Malcolm J.

Year: c1997.

Publisher: University of California Press.

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Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN REVOLUTION: Enormous Wealth and Great Confusion

TWO GOLD FEVER: The Beginning

THREE "THIS IS A HARD THING, THIS BREAKING UP OF FAMILIES": Gold and Its Personal Costs

FOUR JOURNEY AND ARRIVAL: Coming to California, Coming to Terms

FIVE OLD BONDS AND NEW ALLEGIANCES: "Me and John Stick Together Like Wood Ticks"

SIX THE SCARCITY OF WOMEN: "I Have Not Spoken to a Lady for Five Months"

SEVEN "I COULD SELL SOME OF THE FURNITURE" Adjustments in the East

EIGHT OCCUPATIONS: The 49ers Begin Work

NINE "THE REAL ARGONAUTS OF '49": Life and Leisure in the Gold Fields

TEN THE URBAN 49ERS: "A Very Good Chance to Make Money in This City"

ELEVEN WOMEN IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: Duty, Adventure, and Opportunity

TWELVE HARSH REALITIES: Hard Luck and Hard Labor in the Gold Fields

THIRTEEN "CAPITALISTS WILL TAKE HOLD": High-Stakes Investments and Deferred Returns

FOURTEEN THREATS FROM WITHIN, THREATS FROM WITHOUT: Fear, Hostility, and Violence in the Gold Rush

FIFTEEN WAITING: A Permanent Condition

SIXTEEN LOST LOVE, LOST FAMILIES

SEVENTEEN THE PERMANENT LURE OF SUCCESS, THE ENDURING SHAME OF FAILURE: "When a Person Gits to California It Is Hard to Say or Tell When He Gets Away"

EIGHTEEN THE RIPPLES SUBSIDE: The End of the Gold Rush

NINETEEN "THE DAYS OF OLD, THE DAYS OF GOLD, THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE": The Gold Rush and Memory

HISTORIANS AND SOURCES

NOTES

INDEX

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Title:

Days of gold : the California Gold Rush and the American nation Malcolm J. Rohrbough.

Author:

Rohrbough, Malcolm J

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Days of gold : the California Gold Rush and the American nation Malcolm J. Rohrbough.
Rohrbough, Malcolm J
Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997.

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• California -- Gold discoveries

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