The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
by H. W. Brands
H. W. Brands offers a history of the California Gold Rush and its broader meaning for the United States. The book explores how the pursuit of gold influenced American ideas about opportunity, prosperity, ambition, and the enduring dream of sudden success.
About This Book
H. W. Brands explores the California Gold Rush and its place in American history.
The book considers how the search for gold shaped ideas about opportunity, prosperity, and the American dream.
It presents the Gold Rush as a significant moment of social and economic transformation.
This historical account is suited to readers interested in California, nineteenth-century America, and the origins of American aspirations.
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