Global History of Gold Rushes
Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Gold rushes accelerated the global circulation of people, goods, capital, and technologies that transformed settler societies around the world. Yet they are rarely considered in a global perspective. While in the past, national histories have emphasized the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Press
2018
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520294547.001.0001 |