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- Book Title
- The Nature of Gold
- Publication Name
- The Nature of Gold
- Title
- The Nature of Gold
- Subtitle
- An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush
- ISBN-10
- 0295983299
- EAN
- 9780295983295
- ISBN
- 9780295983295
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release Year
- 2003
- Release Date
- 01/08/2003
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Item Weight
- 21.5 Oz
- Contributor
- William Cronon (Foreword by)
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Series
- Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Type
- Textbook
- Topic
- Mining, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled to the area, hoping to find wealth in a rugged and challenging setting. Ever since that time, the Klondike Gold Rush - especially as portrayed in photographs of long lines of gold seekers marching up Chilkoot Pass - has had a hold on the popular imagination. In this first environmental history of the gold rush, Kathryn Morse describes how the miners got to the Klondike, the mining technologies they employed, and the complex networks by which they obtained food, clothing, and tools. She looks at the political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the emerging industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska, and explores the ways in which a web of connections among America's transportation, supply, and marketing industries linked miners to other industrial and agricultural laborers across the country. The profound economic and cultural transformations that supported the Alaska-Yukon gold rush ultimately reverberate to modern times. The story Morse tells is often narrated through the diaries and letters of the miners themselves. The daunting challenges of traveling, working, and surviving in the raw wilderness are illustrated not only by the miners' compelling accounts but by newspaper reports and advertisements. Seattle played a key role as "gateway to the Klondike." A public relations campaign lured potential miners to the West and local businesses seized the opportunity to make large profits while thousands of gold seekers streamed through Seattle. The drama of the miners' journeys north, their trials along the gold creeks, and their encounters with an extreme climate will appeal not only to scholars of the western environment and of late-19th-century industrialism, but to readers interested in reliving the vivid adventure of the West's last great gold rush.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295983299
ISBN-13
9780295983295
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2378609
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mining, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Web
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"Morse demonstrates the dramatic environmental damage created by the gold rush, but she also helps us understand the very real accommodations that miners had to make if they hoped to survive in these far northern landscapes. . . . She is a superb storyteller with a wry sense of humour, a flair for the quirky detail and the revealing anecdote, and a keen appreciation for the tragicomic underside of this famous event."--from the Introduction by William Cronon, "Morse demonstrates the dramatic environmental damage created by the gold rush, but she also helps us understand the very real accommodations that miners had to make if they hoped to survive in these far northern landscapes. . . . She is a superb storyteller with a wry sense of humour, a flair for the quirky detail and the revealing anecdote, and a keen appreciation for the tragicomic underside of this famous event."-from the Introduction by William Cronon
Publication Name
Nature of Gold : an Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush
Table of Content
Foreword by William Cronon Acknowledgments Introduction: On the Chilkoot 1/The Culture of Gold 2/The Nature of the Journey 3/The Culture of the Journey 4/ The Nature of Gold Mining 5/The Culture of Gold Mining 6/The Nature & Culture of Food 7/The Nature & Culture of Seattle Conclusion: Nature, Culture, and Value Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-048411
Dewey Decimal
971.9/1
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series
Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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