The gold rush diary of Ramón Gil Navarro

The gold rush diary of Ramón Gil Navarro / Ramón Gil Navarro ; edited and translated by María del Carmen Ferreyra and David S. Reher.

"Gold! gold! gold! This seductive mantra, shouted throughout the Americas in 1848-49, convinced thousands of people that California's gold could be had simply by picking it up off the ground. Ramon Gil Navarro, an Argentinean political exile living in Chile, heard these rumors of a new El...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Navarro, Ramón Gil, -1883
Other Authors: Ferreyra, María del Carmen, Reher, David Sven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Navarro, Ramón Gil, > -1883 > Diaries.
Navarro, Ramón Gil, > -1883
1800-1899
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects > California.
Argentines > California > Diaries.
Mexican Americans > California > Social conditions > 19th century.
Argentines
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Social conditions
California > Social conditions > 19th century.
California > Race relations.
California > Gold discoveries > Social aspects.
California
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Diaries
Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Diary of Ramón Gil Navarro
  • Appendix 1 A Chronology of the Life of Ramón Gil Navarro
  • Appendix 2 A Glossary of Key Persons Mentioned in the Text
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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