Book Description
Reprint of the work originally published by Indiana University Press in 1967, with a new, brief preface. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Duane A. Smith
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 1967
Category : History
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Reprint of the work originally published by Indiana University Press in 1967, with a new, brief preface. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Duane A. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 1974
Category :
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Author : Sandra Dallas
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 33,22 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806120843
Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
Author : Elliott West
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Children
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Author : Elliott West
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803297845
Elliott West’s careful analysis of the role and development of the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social and economic history of the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that the physical evolution of the saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected the growth and maturity of the surrounding community.
Author : D. K. Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Gold mines and mining
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Author : Liping Zhu
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 27,65 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
Writers and historians have traditionally portrayed Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth-century American West as victims. For them, the American frontier was a place that offered no more than a "Chinaman's chance". By examining the early history of the Boise Basin, Idaho, Liping Zhu challenges the stereotypical image of the Chinese pioneers. Looking at various aspects of their experience, he takes an entirely new approach to the study of this ethnic minority. Between 1863 and 1910, a large number of Chinese immigrants resided in Idaho's Boise Basin, searching for gold. As in many Rocky Mountain mining camps, they comprised a majority of the population. Unlike settlers in many other boom-and-bust western mining towns, the Chinese in the Boise Basin managed to stay there for more than half a century. Like other pioneers, the Chinese immigrants in this unique Rocky Mountain mining region had equal access to the pursuit of happiness. Their basic material needs were guaranteed, and many individuals were able to accumulate a considerable amount of wealth and climb up the economic ladder. The Chinese equality was also seen in frontier justice. To settle the disputes, they frequently challenged white opponents in the various courts as well as in gun battles. Thus, the Chinese played all the stereotypical frontier roles - victors, victims, and villains. Despite occasional conflicts and personal rivalries, race relations between the Chinese and Euroamericans were relativeiy good; cultural accommodation, not confrontation, was the predominant theme. The Idaho Chinese actually received opportunities far beyond what has been assumed.
Author : Charles O. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 1931
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
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Author : Thomas John Kimmell
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 33,21 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Aspen (Colo.)
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Author : Idaho Springs Mining Gazette
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 1897*
Category : Architecture, Domestic
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