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

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Roberts, Brian, 1957-
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2000]
Copyright Date
©2000
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1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
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.
Summary
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.
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080786093X (electronic bk.)
9780807860939 (electronic bk.)
0807825433
0807848565 (pbk.)
9780807825433 (cl. ; acid-free paper)
9780807848562 (pbk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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