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Rush for Riches : Gold Fever and the Making of California by J. S. Holliday (1999, Trade Paperback)

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In this vivid account of the birth of modern California, J.S. Holliday frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890s. No other state, no nation experienced such an adolescence of freedom and success. By 1883 California was hailed as "America, only more so." Holliday's boldly interpretive narrative has the authority and immediacy of an eyewitness account. This eminent historian recreates the masculine world of mining camps and rough cities, where both business and pleasure were conducted far from hometown eyes and conventional inhibitions. He follows gold mining's swift evolution from treasure hunt to vast industry; traces the prodigal plunder of California's virgin rivers and abundant forests; and describes improvised feats of engineering, breathtaking in their scope and execution. Holliday also conjures the ambitious, often ruthless Californians whose rush for riches rapidly changed the state: the Silver Kings of the Comstock Lode, the timber barons of the Sierra forests, the Big Four who built the first transcontinental railroad, and the lesser profit-seekers who owned steamboats, pack mules, gambling dens and bordellos--and, most important for California's future, the farmers who prospered by feeding the rapidly growing population. This wildly laissez-faire economy created California's image as a risk-taking society, unconstrained by fear of failure. The central theme of Rush for Riches is how, after decades of careless freedom, the miners were finally reined in by the farmers, and how their once mutually dependent relationship soured into hostility. This potential violence led to a dramatic courtroom decision in 1884 that shut down the mighty hydraulic mining operations--the end of California's free-for-all youthful exuberance. Unique in its format, this beautiful book offers not only a compelling narrative but also almost two hundred fifty illustrations, one hundred in full color, that richly illuminate the themes and details of the text: daguerreotypes, photographs, paintings, lithographs, sketches, and specially drawn maps. Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of 2000

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520214021
ISBN-13
9780520214026
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1077058

Product Key Features

Book Title
Rush for Riches : Gold Fever and the Making of California
Author
J. S. Holliday
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publication Year
1999
Genre
History
Number of Pages
366 Pages

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Item Length
11.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
59.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
98-55422
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
98-055422
Dewey Decimal
979.4/04
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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by b.c.dredgerSep 26, 2007
The California Gold Rush
Rush for Riches Gold Fever and the making of California J.S.Holliday 355 pages The Best account of the California Gold rush to date. Many photographs and paintings from the 1840's through the 1880's. This is one of the best books I've read on the California Gold Rush another being The World Rushed in also written by J.S. Holliday. If your a history buff or into Prospecting this is the book for you tons of information about the past. Enjoy
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by laubachconstruc...Mar 18, 2009
Great book very current
This book covers the gold rush era like non other. From the way of life to how it was mines. including the ups dowms and problems encountered. A lot of detailed history in a modern format

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