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100 1 $aRohrbough, Malcolm J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85176242
245 10 $aDays of gold :$bthe California Gold Rush and the American nation /$cMalcolm J. Rohrbough.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axv, 353 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-346) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tCalifornia's Golden Revolution: Enormous Wealth and Great Confusion --$g2.$tGold Fever: The Beginning --$g3.$t"This is a Hard Thing, This Breaking Up of Families": Gold and Its Personal Costs --$g4.$tJourney and Arrival: Coming to California, Coming to Terms --$g5.$tOld Bonds and New Allegiances: "Me and John Stick Together Like Wood Ticks" --$g6.$tThe Scarcity of Women: "I Have Not Spoken to a Lady for Five Months" --$g7.$t"I Could Sell Some of the Furniture": Adjustments in the East --$g8.$tOccupations: The 49ers Begin Work --$g9.$t"The Real Argonauts of '49": Life and Leisure in the Gold Fields --$g10.$tThe Urban 49ers: "A Very Good Chance to Make Money in This City" --$g11.$tWomen in the California Gold Rush: Duty, Adventure, and Opportunity --$g12.$tHarsh Realities: Hard Luck and Hard Labor in the Gold Fields --$g13.$t"Capitalists will Take Hold": High-Stakes Investments and Deferred Returns --$g14.$tThreats from Within, Threats from Without: Fear, Hostility, and Violence in the Gold Rush --
505 80 $g15.$tWaiting: A Permanent Condition --$g16.$tLost Love, Lost Families --$g17.$tThe Permanent Lure of Success, The Enduring Shame of Failure: "When a Person Gets to California It Is Hard to Say or Tell When He Gets Away" --$g18.$tThe Ripples Subside: The End of the Gold Rush --$g19.$t"The Days of Old, The Days of Gold, The Days of Forty-Nine": The Gold Rush and Memory.
520 $aIn this first comprehensive history of the Gold Rush, Malcolm J. Rohrbough demonstrates that the consequences of the California Gold Rush spread outward in ever widening circles to touch the lives of families and communities everywhere in the United States. Through extensive research in diaries, letters, and other archival sources, he uncovers the personal dilemmas and confusion that the Gold Rush brought.
520 8 $aFor those who joined the 49ers, the decision to go raised questions about marital obligations and family responsibilities. For those who remained on the farm or in the shop - particularly for the women, whose experiences of being left behind have largely been ignored until now - the absences of tens of thousands of men over a period of years had a profound impact, reshaping a thousand communities across the breadth of the American nation.
651 0 $aCalifornia$xGold discoveries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018877
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