| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 274 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, facsimiles |
| Contents |
Newspapers : credibility and information -- The marketplaces for information : guidebooks and maps -- To the trailheads : from advertisements to rumors -- On the trail : from printed guidebooks to mountain man experts -- Information and communications in California : maps, mail, and express -- The gold rush in 1850 : private communications and public information -- Appendix A. Selected booksellers' catalogs, 1844-1847 -- Appendix B. Prices and wages in the gold rush -- Appendix C. Classification of Kurutz bibliography -- Appendix D. Oregon-California trail guidebook title pages |
| Summary |
Examines the ways in which easterners who traveled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. By providing a historical context for assessing information and by viewing communication strategies as a core element of the gold rush itself, this book reveals a connection between media, myth, and reality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication -- Social aspects -- California -- History -- 19th century
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Mass media -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Publishers' catalogs -- United States -- Bibliography
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Communication -- Social aspects
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Maps
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Mass media
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Publishers' catalogs
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| SUBJECT |
California -- Gold discoveries -- Information resources -- History -- 19th century
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California -- Guidebooks -- Bibliography
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California -- Maps -- Bibliography
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| Subject |
California
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006004324 |
| ISBN |
0803253001 |
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9780803253001 |
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1280705345 |
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9781280705342 |
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0803243251 |
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9780803243255 |
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