Spreading the word : a history of information in the California gold rush /

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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 reveal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stillson, Richard T. (Richard Thomas)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
Temas:
1800-1899
Communication > Social aspects > California > History > 19th century.
Mass media > United States > History > 19th century.
Publishers' catalogs > United States > Bibliography.
Catalogues d'éditeurs > États-Unis > Bibliographie.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Communication > Social aspects.
Maps.
Mass media.
Publishers' catalogs.
California > Gold discoveries > Information resources > History > 19th century.
California > Guidebooks > Bibliography.
California > Maps > Bibliography.
Californie > Découvertes d'or > Sources d'information > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Californie > Guides > Bibliographie.
California.
United States.
Bibliographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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