Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

Winner of the 2001 Bancroft Prize.
Historical insight is the alchemy that transforms the familiar story of the Gold Rush into something sparkling and new. The world of the Gold Rush that comes down to us through fiction and filmâ€•of unshaven men named Stumpy and Kentuck raising hell and panning for goldâ€•is one of half-truths. In this brilliant work of social history, Susan Johnson enters the well-worked diggings of Gold Rush history and strikes a rich lode. She finds a dynamic social world in which the conventions of identityâ€•ethnic, national, and sexualâ€•were reshaped in surprising ways. She gives us the all-male households of the diggings, the mines where the men worked, and the fandango houses where they played. With a keen eye for character and story, Johnson restores the particular social world that issued in the Gold Rush myths we still cherish. Maps, illustrations.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
Color White
ReleaseDate 2000-12-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393320992

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