A Golden State – Mining & Economic Development in Gold Rush California: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California: 2 (California History Sesquicentennial Series) - Hardcover

Rawls, James J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520217705 ISBN 13: 9780520217706

Publisher: University of California Press, 2000

Synopsis

California's Gold Rush triggered momentous changes not only for the state, but also for the nation and the world. The economic impact of that epoch-making event is the focus of this second volume of the California History Sesquicentennial Series. The chapter contributers offer a range of perspectives, including commentaries that reflect the new scholarship of environmental and resource history. Together, the essays and more than 90 illustrations show how the Gold Rush precipitated a veritable economic revolution whose effects continue in the late-20th century. Among the topics covered are the relationship between technology and society; the environmental impact from mining and the sudden increase in California's population; the influence of the Gold Rush on agriculture, manufacturing, banking, and transportation; and its impact on the peoples and economies of Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The popular image of the independent prospector is also examined anew, as is the role of different groups of industrial workers, including Chinese, Mexicans and women.

About this title

About the Author

James J. Rawls is an instructor of history at Diablo Valley College and author of numerous books on California history. Richard J. Orsi is Professor of History at California State University, Hayward, and editor of the journal California History, the journal of the California Historical Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0520217705
• ISBN 13: 9780520217706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 326