The Court That Tamed the West : From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom 9781597142632, 9781597142465

Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold Rush, 1848†“1854 9780300182187

The California Gold Rush began in 1848 and incited many “wagons west.” However, only half of the 300,000 gold seekers tr

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All That Glittered: Britain's Most Precious Metal from Adam Smith to the Gold Rush 0190603534, 9780190603533

During the century after 1750, Great Britain absorbed much of the world's supply of gold into its pockets, cupboard

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The Gold Rush 9781838713737, 9781844576401

Matthew Solomon’s study of Chaplin’s The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film’s production and r

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The California Gold Rush and the Klondike Gold Rush: The History of America’s Most Famous Gold Rushes

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the gold rushes written by participants *Includes bibliographies for further re

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Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present 9780520938328

Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and, more recently, as successful and exemplar

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What Was the Gold Rush? 9781101610299

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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation 9780520922075, 0520922077

On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continen

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America's Bloody History from Columbus to the Gold Rush 2017031474, 9780766091771, 9780766095540

This volume, rich with primary sources, traces the story of the United States from the first contact between Europeans a

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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation [Reprint 2019 ed.] 9780520922075

On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continen

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BOOM: Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever (Kindle Single)

In BOOM, prize–winning reporter Tony Horwitz takes a spirited road trip through the wild new frontier of energy in North

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