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

• Autore: Roberts Brian <1957->
• 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
• ISBN: 979-88-908699-8-2; 0-8078-6093-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810214203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultural studies of the United States.