American alchemy : the California Gold Rush and middle-class culture /

California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by a rough and rebellious figure; a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. This work challenges this stereotypical portrait.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roberts, Brian, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000.
Series:Cultural studies of the United States.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Pioneers > California > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Middle class > California > History > 19th century.
Middle class > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Pionniers > Californie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pionniers > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects
Middle class
Pioneers
Social conditions
Gold Rush.
Dagelijks leven.
Frontier.
Middenklassen.
Mittelstand
Goldrausch
Middle class > California.
Middle class > Northeastern States.
Pioneers > California.
Pioneers > Northeastern States.
California > Gold discoveries > Social aspects.
California > Social conditions > 19th century.
Northeastern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Californie > Découvertes d'or > Aspect social.
Californie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
California
Northeastern States
West United States
Kalifornien
California > Gold discoveries.
California > Social conditions.
Northeastern States > Social conditions.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. California Gold and Filthy Lucre; 2. Gold Fever as a Cure; 3. Husbands and Wives; 4. Numberless Highways to Fairy Grottos; 5. A Great and Perverse Paradise; Section of Illustrations; 6. California Is a Humbug; 7. Widows and Helpmates; 8. A Wild, Free, Disorderly, Grotesque Society; 9. The Prude Fails; 10. The End of the Flush Times; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

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