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American Alchemy : The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture
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American Alchemy : The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture Paperback - 2000

by Roberts, Brian

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  • Title American Alchemy : The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture
  • Author Roberts, Brian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-05-31
  • Features Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 954238-6
  • ISBN 9780807848562 / 0807848565
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 5.8 x 0.89 in (23.50 x 14.73 x 2.26 cm)
  • Reading level 1360
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
  • Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.), Frontier and pioneer life - California
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99048082
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.404

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From the jacket flap

A colorful investigation of the California Gold Rush that overturns the myth of the rebellious Forty-niner and reveals the middle-class values and origins of those who travelled west to seek adventure and fortune.

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  • Choice, 01/01/2001, Page 968