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The Gold Crusades : A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929 /
"Among the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted parti...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ontario :
University of Toronto Press,
1997.
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Fetherling, George, |d 1949- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Gold Crusades : |b A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929 / |c Douglas Fetherling. |
| 250 | |a Revised edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Toronto, Ontario : |b University of Toronto Press, |c 1997. | |
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| 264 | 4 | |c ©1997. | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Gold Crusaders -- 1. The California Delusion -- 2. The Crown and the Southern Cross -- 3. To the Ends of the Empire -- 4. Silver into Gold -- 5. Titans in South Africa -- 6. The Rand and Western Australia -- 7. Many Roads to Dawson -- 8. Climax and Retreat -- 9. Last Stands -- L'Envoi. | |
| 520 | |a "Among the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat - only to set in motion the diamond and gold rushes that transformed southern Africa. And so it went."--Publisher's description. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a Gold mines and mining. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00944469 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |x Industries |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Or |x Mines et extraction |x Aspect social. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Or |x Mines et extraction |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gold mines and mining |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gold mines and mining |x History. | |
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