University of California Press, Date: 2000-10-02. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2000. University of California Press ISBN 0520224965 9780520224964 [US]

Berkeley, CA University of California Press 2000 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 376 p. California History Sesquicentennial, 3.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, Date: 2000. x, 364 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. California History Sesquicentennial Series, vol. 3. Published in association with the California Historical Society. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First paperback edition. "Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did "civilization" appear to sink so low as in gold rush California. A mercurial economy swung from boom to bust, and back again, rendering everyone's fortunes ephemeral. Competition, jealousy, and racism fueled individual and mass violence. Yet, in the very midst of this turbulence, social and cultural forms emerged, gained strength, spread, and took hold. Rooted in Barbarous Soil,Volume 3 in the four-volume California History Sesquicentennial Series, is the only book of its kind to examine gold rush society and culture, to present modern interpretations, and to gather up-to-date bibliographies of its topics. Chapters by leading scholars in their respective fields explore a range of topics including migration and settlement ethnic diversity, assimilation, cooperation, and conflict the dispossession of Indians and the Californios, the founding of schools and universities, urban life, women in early California, the sexual frontier and the development of religion, art, literature, and popular culture. Many rarely seen illustrations supplement the text. / Kevin Starr is California State Librarian and University ...

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, Date: 2000. x, 364 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. California History Sesquicentennial Series, vol. 3. Published in association with the California Historical Society. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine & back cover sunned. First paperback edition. Another copy available. "Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did "civilization" appear to sink so low as in gold rush California. A mercurial economy swung from boom to bust, and back again, rendering everyone's fortunes ephemeral. Competition, jealousy, and racism fueled individual and mass violence. Yet, in the very midst of this turbulence, social and cultural forms emerged, gained strength, spread, and took hold. Rooted in Barbarous Soil,Volume 3 in the four-volume California History Sesquicentennial Series, is the only book of its kind to examine gold rush society and culture, to present modern interpretations, and to gather up-to-date bibliographies of its topics. Chapters by leading scholars in their respective fields explore a range of topics including migration and settlement ethnic diversity, assimilation, cooperation, and conflict the dispossession of Indians and the Californios, the founding of schools and universities, urban life, women in early California, the sexual frontier and the development of religion, art, literature, and popular culture. Many rarely seen illustrations supplement the text. / ...

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University of California Press, Date: 2000. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2000. University of California Press ISBN 0520224965 9780520224964 [US]

ISBN10: 0520224965, ISBN13: 9780520224964, [publisher: University of California Press, U.S.A.] Softcover First Edition text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have very light wear. fore-edge, head and foot of book have very light wear.
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