Gold Rushes

by Natalie Hyde

This comprehensive title is a thought-provoking examination of how early gold rushes shaped settlement and industry in North America. Using material from the 1848 California Gold Rush, the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush, and other rushes in Georgia, Montana, and British Columbia, primary and secondary sources about these rushes are examined with respect to race and ethnicity, the displacement of Indigenous peoples, and different perspectives on law and order...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778747484
• ISBN13: 9780778747482
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9