The gold rush diary of Ramón Gil Navarro /

"Gold! gold! gold! This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. Ramon Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Navarro, Ramón Gil, -1883
Otros Autores: Ferreyra, María del Carmen, Reher, David Sven
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Navarro, Ramón Gil, > -1883 > Diaries.
Navarro, Ramón Gil, > -1883
1800-1899
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects > California.
Argentines > California > Diaries.
Mexican Americans > California > Social conditions > 19th century.
Or > Mines et extraction > Aspect social > Californie.
Argentins > Californie > Journaux intimes.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Argentines
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Social conditions
California > Social conditions > 19th century.
California > Race relations.
California > Gold discoveries > Social aspects.
Californie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Californie > Relations raciales.
Californie > Découvertes d'or > Aspect social.
California
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Diaries
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Gold! gold! gold! This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. Ramon Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El Dorado, but he was not so naive as to believe that the gold merely had to be gathered. He understood that mining required extensive capital investment and labor, and along with three other investors he arranged to have 120 workers and a shipload of supplies sent to California. Navarro accompanied the workers to Stockton and began prospecting."
"Navarro encountered people from all over the world brought together in a society marked by racial and ethnic intolerance, swift and cruel justice, and great hardships. It was a world of contrasts, where the roughest of the rough lived in close proximity to extremely refined cultural circles."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 305 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and index.
ISBN:9780803233430
0803233434
9780803239425
0803239424

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