The age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream
Brands, H. W.
The age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream / H.W. Brands - 1st Anchor Books ed - New York : Anchor Books , 2003. - 549 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-527) and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- The Gathering of Peoples -- (From the World to California: 1848-1849) 21 -- 1. In the Footsteps of Father Serra 25 -- 2. Across the Pacific 47 -- 3. The Peaks of Darien 65 -- 4. To the Bottom of the World and Back 93 -- 5. To See the Elephant 122 -- 6. Where Rivers Die 162 -- PART TWO -- From Vulcan's Forge -- (The Goldfields: 1848-1850s) 191 -- 7. With a Washbowl on My Knee I95 -- 8. A Millennium in a Day 226 -- PART THREE -- American Athena -- (California: 1849-1856) 243 -- 9. The Miracle of St. Francis 247 -- 10. Sutter's Last Stand 269 -- 11. Shaking the Temple 287 -- 12. Children of the Mother Lode 305 -- 13. Reflections in an All-Seeing Eye 334 -- PART FOUR -- The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection -- (California and the Union: 1856-1869) 359 -- 14. The Pathfinder's Return 363 -- 15. South by West 382 -- I6. From Sea to Shining Sea 404 -- PART FIVE -- The New El Dorado -- (America in the Age of Gold) 439 -- 17. Prometheus Unbound 445 -- I8. American Dreamers 475.
When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United States from Mexixo. The discovery triggered a massive influx as hundreds of thousands of people scrambled to California in search of riches, braving dangerous journeys across the Pacific, around Cape Horn, and through the Isthmus of Panama, as well as across America's vast, unsettled wilderness. Cities sprang up overnight, in response to the demand for supplies and services of all kinds. By 1850, California had become a state -- the fastest journey to statehood in U.S. history. It had also become a symbol of what America stood for and of where it was going. InThe Age of Gold, H. W. Brands explores the far-reaching implications of this pivotal point in U.S. history, weaving the politics of the times with the gripping stories of individuals that displays both the best and the worse of the American character.
9780385720885
2002023776
California----Gold discoveries
United States----Civilization----1783-1865
United States----Social conditions----To 1865
F865 / .B76 2002
979.4 BRA
The age of gold : the California Gold Rush and the new American dream / H.W. Brands - 1st Anchor Books ed - New York : Anchor Books , 2003. - 549 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-527) and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- The Gathering of Peoples -- (From the World to California: 1848-1849) 21 -- 1. In the Footsteps of Father Serra 25 -- 2. Across the Pacific 47 -- 3. The Peaks of Darien 65 -- 4. To the Bottom of the World and Back 93 -- 5. To See the Elephant 122 -- 6. Where Rivers Die 162 -- PART TWO -- From Vulcan's Forge -- (The Goldfields: 1848-1850s) 191 -- 7. With a Washbowl on My Knee I95 -- 8. A Millennium in a Day 226 -- PART THREE -- American Athena -- (California: 1849-1856) 243 -- 9. The Miracle of St. Francis 247 -- 10. Sutter's Last Stand 269 -- 11. Shaking the Temple 287 -- 12. Children of the Mother Lode 305 -- 13. Reflections in an All-Seeing Eye 334 -- PART FOUR -- The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection -- (California and the Union: 1856-1869) 359 -- 14. The Pathfinder's Return 363 -- 15. South by West 382 -- I6. From Sea to Shining Sea 404 -- PART FIVE -- The New El Dorado -- (America in the Age of Gold) 439 -- 17. Prometheus Unbound 445 -- I8. American Dreamers 475.
When gold was first discovered on the American River above Sutter's Fort in January 1848, California was sparsely populated frontier territory not yet ceded to the United States from Mexixo. The discovery triggered a massive influx as hundreds of thousands of people scrambled to California in search of riches, braving dangerous journeys across the Pacific, around Cape Horn, and through the Isthmus of Panama, as well as across America's vast, unsettled wilderness. Cities sprang up overnight, in response to the demand for supplies and services of all kinds. By 1850, California had become a state -- the fastest journey to statehood in U.S. history. It had also become a symbol of what America stood for and of where it was going. InThe Age of Gold, H. W. Brands explores the far-reaching implications of this pivotal point in U.S. history, weaving the politics of the times with the gripping stories of individuals that displays both the best and the worse of the American character.
9780385720885
2002023776
California----Gold discoveries
United States----Civilization----1783-1865
United States----Social conditions----To 1865
F865 / .B76 2002
979.4 BRA
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