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The Nature of Gold: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush - Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksThe Nature of Gold
Kathryn Morse
The Nature of Gold: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush - Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksThe Nature of Gold
Kathryn Morse
An environmental history of the gold rush. It describes how the miners got to the Klondike, the mining technologies they employed, and the networks by which they obtained food, clothing, and tools. It looks at the political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska.
304 pages, 52 illustrations, 7 maps
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 11, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780295983301 |
Publishers | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 153 × 229 × 22 mm · 514 g |
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