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UNINA9910785557203321 |
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Floyd Janet |
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Titolo |
Claims and speculations [[electronic resource] ] : mining and writing in the Gilded Age / / Janet Floyd |
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Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-57118-8 |
9786613883636 |
0-8263-5141-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism |
Mines and mineral resources in literature |
Mineralogy in literature |
Miners in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Hard Places"; 1: Claims and Speculations; 2: Mining and Writing; 3: Knowing the Mines "Interiorly"; 4: The Romance of Mining; 5: Sex Work; 6: "Talking Klondike"; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study of a broad range of responses to gold and silver mining in the late nineteenth century sets the literary writings of figures such as Mark Twain, Mary Hallock Foote, Bret Harte, and Jack London within the context of writing and representation produced by people involved in the industry: miners and journalists, as well as writers of folklore and song. |
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