Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California by Kevin Starr

Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California

Kevin Starr

376 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did "civilization" appear to sink so low as in gold rush California. A mercurial economy swung from boom to bust, and back again, rendering everyone's fortunes ephemeral. Competit...

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