Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850's
Comparing the 1849 gold rush in California with the 1851 gold rush in Victoria, Australia, this book shows how cultural factors gave each gold rush a distinctive shape and character, and a distinctive set of social, cultural, and ethical meanings. But it also reveals that underneath these differences lay certain historical and social commonalities.
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Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850's
Comparing the 1849 gold rush in California with the 1851 gold rush in Victoria, Australia, this book shows how cultural factors gave each gold rush a distinctive shape and character, and a distinctive set of social, cultural, and ethical meanings. But it also reveals that underneath these differences lay certain historical and social commonalities.
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Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850's

Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850's

by David Goodman
Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850's

Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850's

by David Goodman

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Comparing the 1849 gold rush in California with the 1851 gold rush in Victoria, Australia, this book shows how cultural factors gave each gold rush a distinctive shape and character, and a distinctive set of social, cultural, and ethical meanings. But it also reveals that underneath these differences lay certain historical and social commonalities.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780804724807
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 12/01/1994
Edition description: 1
Pages: 332
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)
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