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The Gold Crusades: A Social History Of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Gold Crusades : a Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929
- ISBN
- 9780802080462
- Book Series
- Heritage Ser.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- Mining, Modern / 19th Century, Expeditions & Discoveries
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 230 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10
0802080464
ISBN-13
9780802080462
eBay Product ID (ePID)
924979
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gold Crusades : a Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929
Number of Pages
230 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Mining, Modern / 19th Century, Expeditions & Discoveries
Features
Reprint
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Book Series
Heritage Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-159937
Reviews
'The gold rushes were among the most dynamic episodes in modern history, when people from many nations and every level of society converged, turning wilderness into colonies, crossroads into boom towns and boom towns into cities. The Gold Crusades conveys that excitement, while offering a broader perspective. Readers will find it meticulously researched, with a helpful and entertaining essays on sources appended for further reading. Anyone prospecting for a good book should find it a gem.' --Eric Marks, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, 'The gold rushes were among the most dynamic episodes in modern history, when people from many nations and every level of society converged, turning wilderness into colonies, crossroads into boom towns and boom towns into cities. The Gold Crusades conveys that excitement, while offering a broader perspective. Readers will find it meticulously researched, with a helpful and entertaining essays on sources appended for further reading. Anyone prospecting for a good book should find it a gem.'
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
338.2/741/09
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
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. Most previous historians of the gold rushes have tended to view them as acts of spontaneous nationalism. Each country likes to see its own gold rush as the one that either shaped those that followed or epitomized all the rest. In The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929 , Douglas Fetherling takes a different approach. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. He posits that they were in fact a single discontinuous event, an expression of the British imperial experience and nineteenth-century liberalism. He does so with dash and style and with a sharp eye for the telling anecdote, the out-of-the-way document, and the bold connection between seemingly unrelated disciplines. Originally published by Macmillan of Canada, 1988., Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics.
LC Classification Number
TN420.F48 1997
Copyright Date
1997
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