Roaring Camp: the Social World of the California Gold Rush Tapa dura - 2000

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2000. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

W W Norton & Co Inc, February 2000. Paperback. USED Good.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000-02. Hardcover. Good.

NY: W. W. Norton, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 464 pages, b&w illustrations. Johnson's exquisitely researched and beautifully written book starts with the premise that the Southern mines during the early years of the California Gold Rush (1948-1852) were "a grand field for human interaction and connectedness." They were a kind of experiment in human relations, and Johnson points the spot light on the dynamic and flexible quality of race, gender, and sexuality. She argues that the social world of the gold rush - the organization of domestic labor, the leisure pursuits, and gaming activities (both mining and gambling) - reflected a topsy-turvy world not at all comfortable with itself. Johnson tells a story whereby the gold rush, particularly the relationships that developed in the more diverse and less wealthy Southern mines, created a crisis of racial and gender representation that only sorted itself out with the collusion of Anglo miners and the… Leer más

N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 464 pages, maps, illustrations. Miners, Indians, Mexicans, how the cultures interacted socially..

W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000-02-01. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.