A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California

by Marlene Smith-Baranzini

Book Overview

California's storied 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 the second... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520217713
• ISBN13: 9780520217713
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

The best short essay work I have seen on this subject

In line with much of the new non-fiction surveys and studies, the book, in short essays gives the picture on much information that I have not seen before on the Gold Rush and the aftermath. In particular it gives a reader a chance to compare the Internet investment frenzy with the Gold Mine stocks frenzy in the 1860s & 70s.The information is concise and beautifully and fascinatingly written.