The Resource Precious dust : the American gold rush era, 1848-1900, Paula Mitchell Marks
Precious dust : the American gold rush era, 1848-1900, Paula Mitchell Marks
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The item Precious dust : the American gold rush era, 1848-1900, Paula Mitchell Marks represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
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- Precious Dust traces the experience of the hundreds of thousands of goldseekers who converged upon the American and Canadian West during America's great gold-rush era, 1848-1900
- Beginning with the initial stampedes to California's "mother lode" country and continuing on to the zealous pursuit of gold mixed with sand on the beaches of Nome, Alaska, author Paula Mitchell Marks explores the various facets of the goldseekers' adventures: what propelled them westward, how they lived, how they met the myriad challenges of the journey and search, what kept them going or caused them to turn back, what sense they made of the whole enterprise
- As the book shows, the rushes provided the major impetus for the initial development of western regions in the mid- to late nineteenth century, as well as a safety valve for restless dreamers and a laboratory for the American democratic experiment. Marks clearly reveals the tensions inherent in nineteenth-century American culture - the differences between pre-industrial ideas of success and later ones, between the American myth of abundance for all and the reality, between virulent racism and a democratic sense of fair play, between romantic appreciation of the land and exploitation of it, and between the American celebration of individualism and freedom and two quite different challenges to it: the need for community commitment and the demands of a changing economic and social order
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 448 pages
- Contents
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- "The age of gold"
- Overland to California
- Sea travels and California wanderings
- One daunting trail after another
- Bound for the far North
- Life in the diggings
- "Cities of the magic lantern"
- Self, society, and the "battle of life"
- "No law but miners' law"
- Natives and strangers
- Home ties
- Gender and gold
- Perspectives
- Isbn
- 9780688105662
- Label
- Precious dust : the American gold rush era, 1848-1900
- Title
- Precious dust
- Title remainder
- the American gold rush era, 1848-1900
- Statement of responsibility
- Paula Mitchell Marks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Precious Dust traces the experience of the hundreds of thousands of goldseekers who converged upon the American and Canadian West during America's great gold-rush era, 1848-1900
- Beginning with the initial stampedes to California's "mother lode" country and continuing on to the zealous pursuit of gold mixed with sand on the beaches of Nome, Alaska, author Paula Mitchell Marks explores the various facets of the goldseekers' adventures: what propelled them westward, how they lived, how they met the myriad challenges of the journey and search, what kept them going or caused them to turn back, what sense they made of the whole enterprise
- As the book shows, the rushes provided the major impetus for the initial development of western regions in the mid- to late nineteenth century, as well as a safety valve for restless dreamers and a laboratory for the American democratic experiment. Marks clearly reveals the tensions inherent in nineteenth-century American culture - the differences between pre-industrial ideas of success and later ones, between the American myth of abundance for all and the reality, between virulent racism and a democratic sense of fair play, between romantic appreciation of the land and exploitation of it, and between the American celebration of individualism and freedom and two quite different challenges to it: the need for community commitment and the demands of a changing economic and social order
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marks, Paula Mitchell
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E45
- LC item number
- .M27 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gold mines and mining
- North America
- Label
- Precious dust : the American gold rush era, 1848-1900, Paula Mitchell Marks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-435) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "The age of gold" -- Overland to California -- Sea travels and California wanderings -- One daunting trail after another -- Bound for the far North -- Life in the diggings -- "Cities of the magic lantern" -- Self, society, and the "battle of life" -- "No law but miners' law" -- Natives and strangers -- Home ties -- Gender and gold -- Perspectives
- Control code
- 28507127
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 448 pages
- Isbn
- 9780688105662
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 93028196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Precious dust : the American gold rush era, 1848-1900, Paula Mitchell Marks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-435) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "The age of gold" -- Overland to California -- Sea travels and California wanderings -- One daunting trail after another -- Bound for the far North -- Life in the diggings -- "Cities of the magic lantern" -- Self, society, and the "battle of life" -- "No law but miners' law" -- Natives and strangers -- Home ties -- Gender and gold -- Perspectives
- Control code
- 28507127
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 448 pages
- Isbn
- 9780688105662
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 93028196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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