The California Gold Rush: Transforming the American West

The California Gold Rush: Transforming the American West Sonneborn Liz Wydawca: Chelsea House Publishers Data wydania: 2008 ISBN: 9781604130515 Liczba stron: 128 Format: 241 x 170 x 13 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: The mass migration, known as the Gold Rush, reshaped the United States by accelerating the immigration to the far West. This book explores how this pivotal era introduced new ideas about work and wealth, luck and greed, and success and failure, into the way Americans looked at their lives, their livelihoods, and most of all, themselves.