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THIRTEEN. "CAPITALISTS WILL TAKE HOLD": High-Stakes Investments and Deferred Returns
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- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS IX
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
- INTRODUCTION 1
- ONE. CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN REVOLUTION: Enormous Wealth and Great Confusion 7
- TWO. GOLD FEVER: The Beginning 21
- THREE. "THIS IS A HARD THING, THIS BREAKING UP OF FAMILIES": Gold and Its Personal Costs 32
- FOUR. JOURNEY AND ARRIVAL: Coming to California, Coming to Terms 55
- FIVE. OLD BONDS AND NEW ALLEGIANCES: "Me and John Stick Together Like Wood Ticks" 72
- SIX. THE SCARCITY OF WOMEN: "I Have Not Spoken to a Lady for Five Months" 91
- SEVEN: "I COULD SELL SOME OF THE FURNITURE": Adjustments in tke East 106
- EIGHT. OCCUPATIONS: The 49ers Begin Work 119
- NINE. "THE REAL ARGONAUTS OF '49": Life and Leisure in the Gold Fields 135
- TEN. THE URBAN 49ERS: "A Very Good Chance to Make Money in This City" 155
- ELEVEN: WOMEN IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: Duly, Adventure, and Opportunity 172
- TWELVE. HARSH REALITIES: Hard Luck and Hard Labor in the Gold Fields 185
- THIRTEEN. "CAPITALISTS WILL TAKE HOLD": High-Stakes Investments and Deferred Returns 197
- FOURTEEN.THREATS FROM WITHIN, THREATS FROM WITHOUT: Fear, Hostility, and Violence in the Gold Rush 216
- FIFTEEN. WAITING: A Permanent Condition 230
- SIXTEEN. LOST LOVE, LOST FAMILIES 243
- SEVENTEEN. THE PERMANENT LURE OF SUCCESS, THE ENDURING SHAME OF FAILURE: "When a Person Gits to California It Is Hard to Say or Tell When He Gets Away" 256
- EIGHTEEN. THE RIPPLES SUBSIDE: The End of the Gold Rush 267
- NINETEEN."THE DAYS OF OLD, THE DAYS OF GOLD, THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE":The Gold Rush and Memory 283
- HISTORIANS AND SOURCES 295
- NOTES 309
- INDEX 347
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- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS IX
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
- INTRODUCTION 1
- ONE. CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN REVOLUTION: Enormous Wealth and Great Confusion 7
- TWO. GOLD FEVER: The Beginning 21
- THREE. "THIS IS A HARD THING, THIS BREAKING UP OF FAMILIES": Gold and Its Personal Costs 32
- FOUR. JOURNEY AND ARRIVAL: Coming to California, Coming to Terms 55
- FIVE. OLD BONDS AND NEW ALLEGIANCES: "Me and John Stick Together Like Wood Ticks" 72
- SIX. THE SCARCITY OF WOMEN: "I Have Not Spoken to a Lady for Five Months" 91
- SEVEN: "I COULD SELL SOME OF THE FURNITURE": Adjustments in tke East 106
- EIGHT. OCCUPATIONS: The 49ers Begin Work 119
- NINE. "THE REAL ARGONAUTS OF '49": Life and Leisure in the Gold Fields 135
- TEN. THE URBAN 49ERS: "A Very Good Chance to Make Money in This City" 155
- ELEVEN: WOMEN IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: Duly, Adventure, and Opportunity 172
- TWELVE. HARSH REALITIES: Hard Luck and Hard Labor in the Gold Fields 185
- THIRTEEN. "CAPITALISTS WILL TAKE HOLD": High-Stakes Investments and Deferred Returns 197
- FOURTEEN.THREATS FROM WITHIN, THREATS FROM WITHOUT: Fear, Hostility, and Violence in the Gold Rush 216
- FIFTEEN. WAITING: A Permanent Condition 230
- SIXTEEN. LOST LOVE, LOST FAMILIES 243
- SEVENTEEN. THE PERMANENT LURE OF SUCCESS, THE ENDURING SHAME OF FAILURE: "When a Person Gits to California It Is Hard to Say or Tell When He Gets Away" 256
- EIGHTEEN. THE RIPPLES SUBSIDE: The End of the Gold Rush 267
- NINETEEN."THE DAYS OF OLD, THE DAYS OF GOLD, THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE":The Gold Rush and Memory 283
- HISTORIANS AND SOURCES 295
- NOTES 309
- INDEX 347
