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Californias storied Gold Rush triggered momentous changes not only for the state, but also for the nation and the world. The economic impact of that epoch-making event is the focus of the second volume of the California History Sesquicentennial Series. The chapter contributors offer a range of perspectives, including commentaries that reflect the new scholarship of environmental and resource history. Together, the essays and more than 90 illustrations show how the Gold Rush precipitated a veritable economic revolution whose effects continue to this day.Among the topics given a fresh interpretation are the relationship between technology and society; the environmental impact from mining and the sudden increase in Californias population; the influence of the Gold Rush on agriculture, manufacturing, banking, and transportation; and its impact on the peoples and economies of Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The popular image of the independent prospector is also examined anew, as is the role of different groups of industrial workers, including Chinese, Mexicans, and women.The Gold Rush was a multiplier, an event that accelerated a chain of interrelated consequences that in turn accelerated economic growth. But it also touched a deep-seated nerve in the human psyche and unleashed economic forces, for good or ill, that transformed California forever into a Golden State.

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title:A Golden State : Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California California History Sesquicentennial Series ; 2
author:Rawls, James J.
publisher:University of California Press
isbn10 | asin:0520217713
print isbn13:9780520217713
ebook isbn13:9780585230078
language:English
subjectCalifornia--Economic conditions--19th century, Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century.
publication date:1999
lcc:HC107.C2G59 1999eb
ddc:330.9794/04
subject:California--Economic conditions--19th century, Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century.
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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book provided by The General Endowment Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press.
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A Golden State
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California History Sesquicentennial Series
Edited by Richard J. Orsi
1. Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush, edited by Ramn A. Gutirrez and Richard J. Orsi
2. A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California, edited by James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi
3. Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California, edited by Kevin Starr and Richard J. Orsi
4. Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California, edited by John F. Burns and Richard J. Orsi
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A Golden State
Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California
Editors
James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi
Illustrations Editor
Anthony Kirk
Associate Editor
Marlene Smith-Baranzini
Published in association with the California Historical Society
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
1999 by the Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A golden state: mining and economic development in gold rush
California / editors James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi; associate editor
Marlene Smith-Baranzini.
p. cm. (California history sesquicentennial series; 2)
"Published in association with the California Historical Society."
Includes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN 0-520-21770-5 (cloth: alk. paper).ISBN 0-520-21771-3 (pbk.: alk.
paper)
1. CaliforniaEconomic conditions19th century. 2. Gold mines
and miningCaliforniaHistory19th century. I. Rawls, James J. II.
Orsi, Richard J. III. Smith-Baranzini, Marlene. IV. Series.
HC107.C2G59 1999
330.9794'04dc21 98-26238
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). Picture 2
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Contents
Preface
Michael McCone and Richard J. Orsi
ix
1. A Golden State: An Introduction
James J. Rawls
1
2. Making Old Tools Work Better: Pragmatic Adaptation and Innovation in Gold-Rush Technology
Ronald H. Limbaugh
24
3. Capitalism Comes to the Diggings: From Gold-Rush Adventure to Corporate Enterprise
Maureen A. Jung
52
4. "We all live more like brutes than humans": Labor and Capital in the Gold Rush
Daniel Cornford
78
5. Environmental Changes before and after the Gold Rush
Raymond F. Dasmann
105
6. "I am resolved not to interfere, but permit all to work freely": The Gold Rush and American Resource Law
Donald J. Pisani
123
7. Mother Lode for the West: California Mining Men and Methods
Duane A. Smith
149
8. Seeing the Elephant
Anthony Kirk
174
9. The Gold Rush and the Beginnings of California Industry
David J. St. Clair
185
10. From Hard Money to Branch Banking: California Banking in the Gold-Rush Economy
Larry Schweikart and Lynne Pierson Doti
209
11. "Property of Every Kind": Ranching and Farming during the Gold-Rush Era
Lawrence James Jelinek
233
12. The Golden Skein: California's Gold-Rush Transportation Network
A. C. W. Bethel
250
13. A Veritable Revolution: The Global Economic Significance of the California Gold Rush
Gerald D. Nash
276
List of Contributors
293
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