What was the Gold Rush?

Título
: 
What was the Gold Rush?

Joan. Holub

Resumen
: 
Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
: 
2013

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Descripción física
: 
105 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Contenido
: 
What Was the Gold Rush? -- Striking Gold -- Gold Fever -- Rushing West -- Working a Claim -- A Miner's Week -- Striking It Rich (or Not) -- Law and Order -- Boomtowns -- Mining Gets Harder -- How the Gold Rush Changed America -- Timelines.

Término de la materia
: 
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Literature.
 
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Literature.
 
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.
 
Frontier and pioneer life -- California.

Término geográfico
: 
California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
 
California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.
 
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
 
California -- Gold discoveries.
 
California -- History -- 1846-1850.
 
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

Autor añadido
: 
Tomkinson, Tim,

Síntesis
: 
Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.

ISBN
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9780448462899

Información de publicación
: 
New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013.


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