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Title: Rooted in Barbarous Soil Condition: New Subtitle: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California Author: Kevin Starr Contributor: Kevin Starr (Edited by), Richard J. Orsi (Edited by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0520224965 EAN: 9780520224964 ISBN: 9780520224964 Publisher: University of California Press Genre: History Release Date: 04/10/2000 Description: 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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 254mm Item Length: 178mm Item Width: 28mm Item Weight: 726g Book Series: California History Sesquicentennial Series Release Year: 2000
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