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University of Nevada Press, 2017. Hardcover. As New. Californias history is rich and diverse, with numerous fascinating stories hidden in its past. Before the discovery of gold in the Sierras, San Francisco (Yerba Buena) and its surroundings comprised a sparsely populated frontier on the edge of the old Spanish realm. After 1848, the area rapidly transformed into a settled urban system as a tremendous influx of prospectors and settlers came to seek their fortune in California. A wave of gold miners, merchants, farmers, politicians, carpenters, and many others from various backgrounds and corners of the world migrated to the area at that time. Interrelated social, geographic, and economic processes led to a very quick metamorphosis from frontier settlement to a firmly established system with ingrained economic patterns. The development of San Franciscos outlying region from a wilderness into a prosperous village and farming mecca shows how quickly in-migration coupled with economic diversification…
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From California's Gold Fields to the Mendocino Coast: A Settlement History Across Time and Place Hardcover - 2017
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- Title From California's Gold Fields to the Mendocino Coast: A Settlement History Across Time and Place
- Author Samuel M. Otterstrom
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Nevada Press
- Date 2017-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781943859283 / 1943859280
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Northern California
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects California, Northern - History - 19th century, California, Northern - Discovery and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016054335
- Dewey Decimal Code 979.4
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