Money Pits: British Mining Companies in the Californian and Australian Gold Rushes of the 1850s (Hardcover, New Ed)

Between 1849 and 1853 shares in nearly 120 public companies to exploit the booming goldfields of California and Australia were offered to the British public. The companies were collectively capitalised at over AGBP15 million, but in the end only some AGBP1.75 million was actually raised between 42 of them, with only one company surviving what the newspapers of the day described as a 'gold bubble'. This book provides an overview of the entire bubble event, its antecedents and its outcomes. A number of researchers have investigated an earlier boom in the mid-1820s to reopen gold and silver mines in Latin America and several have studied individual company operations of that period. This is the first detailed investigation of the British gold bubble companies of the 1850s and their involvement in the almost simultaneous gold rushes on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	John Woodland
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4724-4279-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Mining industry Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-4724-4279-2
Barcode:	9781472442796

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