A Global History of Gold Rushes: Volume 25

Book Overview

Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Between the discovery of California placer gold in 1848 and the rush to Alaska fifty years later, the search for the precious yellow metal accelerated worldwide circulations of people, goods, capital, and technologies. A Global History of Gold Rushes brings together historians of the United States, Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific World to tell the rich story of these nineteenth century gold rushes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520294548
• ISBN13: 9780520294547
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"