Our collective memory "knows" about the Gold Rush: the mid-19th century Wild West where unshaven men named Stumpy and Kentuck raised hell and panned for gold. But this is not the whole story; which tells of a social vortex - multiracial, multiethnic, often homosocial - in which Frenchmen live alongside Anglos and Cherokee women. "Roaring Camp" explores the dynamic social world created by the Gold Rush in the Sierra Nevada foothills. In it we find Mexican families who worked the mines, did the wash and rose up against Anglo ...
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Our collective memory "knows" about the Gold Rush: the mid-19th century Wild West where unshaven men named Stumpy and Kentuck raised hell and panned for gold. But this is not the whole story; which tells of a social vortex - multiracial, multiethnic, often homosocial - in which Frenchmen live alongside Anglos and Cherokee women. "Roaring Camp" explores the dynamic social world created by the Gold Rush in the Sierra Nevada foothills. In it we find Mexican families who worked the mines, did the wash and rose up against Anglo rule. There are the Miwok Indians who tried to maintain their traditions even while constructing the sawmill at Sutter's fort. We enter the all-male households of the diggings, the mines where the men worked and the fandango houses where they played. Johnson shows how this peculiar world evolved and how what we now know as the history of the Gold Rush took root.
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Good. A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed-but the story's all there!
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush by Susan Lee Johnson (Author), Johnson W W Norton & Co Inc; First Edition (January 1, 2000)---Hardcover in cell wrapped dust... Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush by Susan Lee Johnson (Author), Johnson W W Norton & Co Inc; First Edition (January 1, 2000)---Hardcover in cell wrapped dust jacket-ex-library book, COPYRIGHT-2000 = BOOK SIZE 6 1/2 X 9 Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush by Susan Lee Johnson (Author), Johnson W W Norton & Co Inc; First Edition (January 1, 2000)---Hardcover in cell wrapped dust jacket-ex-library book, COPYRIGHT-2000 = BOOK SIZE 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Language : English Hardcover : 464 pages...Captures the multiethnic, multicultural world of the California Gold Rush, in a richly textured social history that profiles the era's diverse and colorful characters, the evolution of a unique society, the sources of our legends and myths about the Gold Rush.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, 464 pp., generously illustrated with vintage photos, drawings, maps, unclipped illustrated jacket. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Light wear at ends of spine, 2 leaves with top corner creased, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, slightly worn jacket in nice condition overall. Shows us how this peculiar world evolved over time, and how our cultural memory of the gold rush took root.
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