Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kevin Starr, Richard J. OrsiSeries:California History SesquicentennialTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/West Coast, Cultural Region/Western U.S., Geographic Orientation/CaliforniaPublish date:10/4/2000Pages:376
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520224964ISBN-10:0520224965UPC:9780520224964Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:9.80 x 7.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.704Product ID:SCPFN144K9
Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did "civilization" appear to sink so low as in gold rush California. A mercurial economy swung from boom to bust, and back again, rendering everyone's fortunes ephemeral. Competition, jealousy, and racism fueled individual and mass violence. Yet, in the very midst of this turbulence, social and cultural forms emerged, gained strength, spread, and took hold. Rooted in Barbarous Soil, Volume 3 in the four-volume California History Sesquicentennial Series, is the only book of its kind to examine gold rush society and culture, to present modern interpretations, and to gather up-to-date bibliographies of its topics.
Chapters by leading scholars in their respective fields explore a range of topics including migration and settlement; ethnic diversity, assimilation, cooperation, and conflict; the dispossession of Indians and the Californios; the founding of schools and universities; urban life; women in early California; the sexual frontier; and the development of religion, art, literature, and popular culture. Many rarely seen illustrations supplement the text.
Chapters by leading scholars in their respective fields explore a range of topics including migration and settlement; ethnic diversity, assimilation, cooperation, and conflict; the dispossession of Indians and the Californios; the founding of schools and universities; urban life; women in early California; the sexual frontier; and the development of religion, art, literature, and popular culture. Many rarely seen illustrations supplement the text.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520224964ISBN-10:0520224965UPC:9780520224964Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:9.80 x 7.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.704Product ID:SCPFN144K9
Kevin Starr is California State Librarian and University Professor at the University of Southern California. He is the author of the acclaimed multi-volume series Americans and the California Dream (1973-1998). Richard J. Orsi is Professor of History at California State University, Hayward, and editor of California History. He is the coeditor of Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush (California, 1998) and A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California (California, 1999).
Publisher: University of California Press
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