An event of international significance, the California gold rush
created a more diverse, metropolitan society than the world had
ever known. In Riches for All, leading scholars reexamine the gold
rush, evaluating its trajectory and legacy within a global context
of religion and race, economics, technology, law, and culture.
The opportunity for instant wealth directly influenced a dynamic
range of peoples, including Mormon military veterans, California
Indian workers, both slave and free African Americans, Chinese
village farmers, skilled Mexican miners, and Chilean merchants.
Riches for All gives attention to the varying motivations and
experiences of these groups and to their struggles with both racial
and religious bigotry. Emphasizing gold rush social history, some
contributors examine the roles and influence of women, workers,
law-breakers, and law-enforcers. Others consider the long-term
impact of this episode on California and the American West and on
subsequent gold rushes in Pacific Rim countries and the
Klondike.
With lively and incisive strokes, these historians sketch the
most broadly contextualized and nuanced portrait of the California
gold rush to date.
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