A Global History of Gold Rushes /

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"Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Gold rushes accelerated the global circulation of people, goods, capital, and technologies that transformed settler societies around the world. Yet, they are rarely considered in a global perspective. While in the past national histories have emphasiz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tuffnell, Stephen, 1987- (Editor ), Mountford, Benjamin, 1980- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining.
HISTORY > World.
Or > Mines et extraction > Aspect social.
Or > Mines et extraction > Aspect social > Californie.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects > California.
California.
Californie > Histoire > 1846-1850 > Aspect social.
Californie > Decouvertes d'or.
California > History > 1846-1850 > Social aspects.
California > Gold discoveries.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Global transformations in the age of gold
  • Settler societies and gold rush democracy
  • Finance, speculation, and the economics of gold rushes
  • Expertise, the environment, and mining technologies.

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