Rush to gold
Subtitle: the French and the California Gold Rush, 1848-1854
By: Malcolm J. Rohrbough
Series: The Lamar series in western history; Lamar series in western history
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780300181401
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Goldrausch; Gold mines and mining; Franzosen; French; History
Description: The California Gold Rush began in 1848 and incited many 'wagons west'. However, only half of the 300,000 gold seekers travelled by land. The other half travelled by sea. It's the story of this second group that Rohrbough examines here, focusing on the 30,000 French participants.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: France in 1848: Another world turned upside down; title: News of California gold discoveries spreads across France; title: The French respond to the California gold discoveries: Adventure, new beginnings, and trade; title: The rise of the French California Companies; title: The rush to gold: Obstacles, preparations, and departures; title: Voyages and arrivals; title: In the mines: Living and working in a masculine community; title: The flowering of the new California companies; title: The lottery of the ingots; title: French stories and French images of California; title: The French trade, mine, and reflect; title: The French Argonauts encounter the Americans; title: The last French Argonauts; title: The French Argonauts return to France: The close of the California adventure; title: The long echoes of the French "rush to gold" in California; title: The balance sheet.