Kathryn Morse

The Nature of Gold

An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush

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Produktbeschreibung

NEW IN PAPER-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. The profound economic and cultural transformations that supported the Alaska-Yukon gold rush ultimately reverberate to modern times. "A tour de force of modern scholarship."--Pacific Northwest Quarterly-

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780295983301
• ISBN-10: 0295983302
• Artikelnr.: 28241159

Autorenporträt

Kathryn Morse. Foreword by William Cronon

Inhaltsangabe

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