Rush for Riches by J S Holliday

Rush for Riches by J S Holliday

Frames the gold rush years within the story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840's to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890's. The central theme of this book is how the miners were reined in by the farmers, and how their mutually dependent relationship soured into hostility.

J.S. Holliday (1924-2006), author of The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience (continuously in print since 1981), was the Director Emeritus of the California Historical Society and former Director of the Oakland Museum of California; Associate Professor of American History at California State University, San Francisco; and Assistant Director of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A popular lecturer, he appeared in several television documentaries, including Ken Burns's series "The West."

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ISBN 13	9780520214019
ISBN 10	0520214013
Title	Rush for Riches
Author	J S Holliday
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	1999-06-08
Number of pages	366
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