The Gold Rush Origins of California’s Wheat Economy

This paper explores the near-simultaneous development of the gold rush and grain production in California during the early 1850s. Economic models predict that the production of tradable goods such as wheat are unlikely during a mineral boom due to the availability of imports and the high cost of lab...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:América Latina en la Historia Económica
Main Author: Gerber, James
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora 2010
Subjects:
Historia
historia económica
Minería
época de oro
convergencia de precios
integración económica
comercio de cereales
desindustrialización
desequilibrio
Mining
gold rush
price convergence
economic integration
grain trade
de-industrialization
disequilibrium
Mercado
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://alhe.mora.edu.mx/index.php/ALHE/article/view/439
https://doi.org/10.18232/alhe.v17i2.439
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-033&d=article439oai

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