Autore |
Porsild Charlene L. <1965->
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1998
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (265 p.)
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Disciplina |
971.9/1
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Soggetto topico |
Community life - Yukon - Dawson - History
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ISBN |
0-585-33335-1
1-283-13194-3
9786613131942
0-7748-5455-3
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Gamblers of a Hundred Hells and Dreamers from the Seven Seas -- The Original Yukoners and the Klondike Gold Rush -- The Thrill of the Chase: Miners and Other Labouring People in Dawson -- The Scarlet Ladder: Work and Social Life in Dawson's Underworld -- 'Like Flocks of Migrating Geese': Social Work and Religious Life in the Klondike -- Sterling Reputations and Golden Opportunities: The Professional and Business Sectors of Dawson -- Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike -- Appendix: Quantifying the Klondike -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791589103321 |