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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Maxwell-Long is Associate Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies and assistant professor of history at California State University, San Bernardino, USA. Klappentext This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time. It is easy to see the vestiges of the California Gold Rush in the state's modern culture. The San Francisco 49ers football team are named after the term given to those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold; California is nicknamed "The Golden State;" and the official state motto is "Eureka" meaning "I have found it" in Greek-a reference to mining success. But the Gold Rush was not only a pivotal event with lasting impact in California; it also greatly affected America as a whole and global society.This book examines the historical significances of the California Gold Rush, beginning with life in California prior to the Gold Rush and European colonization and concluding with information regarding contemporary California. Readers will gain historical insights from the highly detailed explorations of how life in California evolved and understand the enormous impact of an event over 160 years ago on present-day America. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period! documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Chronology 1. California before the Gold Rush 2. Life in Transition: The Call of the California Gold Rush 3. The Golden Years of the Rush, 1848-1850: Economic Expansion, Population Explosion, and Rush to Statehood 4. Politics, Discrimination, and Law 5. Expanding Entrepreneurialism 6. Civil War, Social Unrest, and Other Gold Rushes Glossary Bibliography Index ...
