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American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States)
American Alchemy The California Gold Rush and MiddleClass Culture - Cultural Studies of the United States
Author: Brian Roberts
California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by that rough and rebellious figure, the forty-niner; in short, a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. In American Alchemy, however, Brian Roberts offers a surprising challenge to this as...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807848562
ISBN-10: 0807848565
Publication Date: 5/31/2000
Pages: 360
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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