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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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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ontario :
University of Toronto Press,
1997.
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| Édition: | Revised edition. |
| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (230 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781442659988 |