Nature of gold, the: an environmental history of the klondike gold rush
Auteur :
Morse, Kathryn
Éditeur :
University of Washington Press
ISBN :
9780295983295
Date de publication :
1 août 2003
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
608 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Looks at political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the emerging industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska, and explores the ways in which a web of connections among America's transportation, supply, and marketing industries linked miners to other industrial and agricultural labourers across the country.