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We the miners : self-government in the California gold rush
Author
Title
We the miners : self-government in the California gold rush / Andrea G. McDowell.
ISBN
9780674248113
0674248112
9780674276154
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
327 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to "foreigners" and Indians, and miners were hesitant to yield power to the state that formed around them"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
ebook version :
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 29, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Before property
Powerless judges and discharged soldiers
Indian miners
The mining codes
Resolving disputes
Cooperation and conflict with mining companies
Lynch trials and frontier criminal law
Trial by Judge Lynch
Whipping, branding, and hanging
The end of the Hangtown Oak
Massacring Indians and ejecting Spanish speakers
Capitalist investment and the end of the gold rush.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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