American alchemy [[electronic resource] ] : the California Gold Rush and middle-class culture / / Brian Roberts
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| Autore: |
Roberts Brian <1957->
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| Titolo: |
American alchemy [[electronic resource] ] : the California Gold Rush and middle-class culture / / Brian Roberts
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| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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: | 0-8078-6093-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455874803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Cultural studies of the United States.