The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American DreamA history of the people and commercial imperatives that contributed to the California gold rush discusses the massive influx of hundreds of thousands of people to the area, which became a state in record time, in a volume set against the political climate and national issues of the period. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. |
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The age of gold: the California Gold Rush and the new American dream
Uporabnikova ocena - Not Available - Book VerdictThe California gold rush of 1849 revolutionized expectations. It gave material promise to the American Dream and made gold the lubricant of the world economy. Brands (history, Texas A&M), the author ... Celotno mnenje
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The Baron and the Carpenter | 1 |
The Gathering of Peoples | 21 |
Across the Pacific | 47 |
The Peaks of Darien | 65 |
To the Bottom of the World and Back | 93 |
To See the Elephant I 22 | 122 |
Where Rivers Die | 162 |
From Vulcans Forge | 191 |
A Millennium in a Day | 226 |
PART FOUR | 359 |
PART FIVE | 439 |
Sources | 493 |
Bibliography | 509 |
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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H. W. Brands Omejen predogled - 2008 |
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H. W. Brands Prikaz kratkega opisa - 2002 |
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream H. W. Brands Prikaz kratkega opisa - 2002 |
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| Naslov | The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream Količina 2 od Search and Recover |
| Avtor | H. W. Brands |
| Izdaja | ilustrirana, ponatisnjena |
| Založnik | Anchor Books, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0385720882, 9780385720885 |
| Dolžina | 592 strani |
| Izvozi navedbo | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |