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7%OFFRichard T. Stillson - Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush - 9780803218277 - V9780803218277
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Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush

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Description for Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush Paperback. Examines the ways in which easterners who travelled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. This book follows several gold rush companies across the country, gleaning from their letters and diaries a sense of how they obtained information and evaluated its constantly changing sources. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 443.
Spreading the Word examines the ways in which easterners who traveled West during the California gold rush of 1849–51 obtained, assessed, and used information. At the beginning of the gold rush the scarcity of information about westward travel posed serious problems for potential gold seekers in the East. Though most knew the trip was dangerous and that proper preparation could mean the difference between life and death, few had any practical knowledge of the vast deserts and mountains of the West or, for that matter, of how to mine gold. Information was produced quickly as newspapers, publishers, and businessmen hastened to ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803218277
SKU
V9780803218277
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About Richard T. Stillson
Richard T. Stillson has PhDs in both economics and history and has published articles on the theory and history of information in financial markets. He teaches history at George Mason University.

Reviews for Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush
"Very valuable . . . the highest possible level of research, scholarly analysis, and . . . vivid and effective writing. Spreading the Word is a pioneering discussion of communications culture in the mid-nineteenth century."—Kevin Starr, Professor of History at the University of Southern California and author of California: A History and Coast of Dreams "This is truly an important ... Read more

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