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Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Susan Lee JohnsonPublish date:2000-12-01Pages:466
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393320992ISBN-10:393320995UPC:9780393320992Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:8.32 x 5.48 x 1.16 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCCQ6KAJXH

The world of the California Gold Rush that comes down to us through fiction and film is one of half-truths. In this brilliant work of social history, Susan Lee Johnson enters the well-worked diggings of Gold Rush history and strikes a rich lode.

Johnson explores the dynamic social world created by the Gold Rush in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Stockton, charting the surprising ways in which...

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393320992ISBN-10:393320995UPC:9780393320992Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:8.32 x 5.48 x 1.16 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCCQ6KAJXH
Johnson, Susan Lee: - Susan Lee Johnson is Harry Reid Endowed Chair for the History of the Intermountain West at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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