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American alchemy : the California Gold Rush and middle-class culture / / Brian Roberts



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Autore: Roberts Brian <1957-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: American alchemy : the California Gold Rush and middle-class culture / / Brian Roberts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
Disciplina: 979.4/04
Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - California
Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
Pioneers - California - History - 19th century
Pioneers - Northeastern States - History - 19th century
Middle class - California - History - 19th century
Middle class - Northeastern States - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: California Gold discoveries Social aspects
California Social conditions
Northeastern States Social conditions 19th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. California Gold and Filthy Lucre; 2. Gold Fever as a Cure; 3. Husbands and Wives; 4. Numberless Highways to Fairy Grottos; 5. A Great and Perverse Paradise; Section of Illustrations; 6. California Is a Humbug; 7. Widows and Helpmates; 8. A Wild, Free, Disorderly, Grotesque Society; 9. The Prude Fails; 10. The End of the Flush Times; Conclusion; Notes; Index;
Sommario/riassunto: California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by a rough and rebellious figure; a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. This work challenges this stereotypical portrait.
Titolo autorizzato: American alchemy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908699-8-2
0-8078-6093-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810214203321
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Serie: Cultural studies of the United States.