Description
Book SynopsisLooks at political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the emerging industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska, and explores the ways in which a web of connections among America's transportation, supply, and marketing industries linked miners to other industrial and agricultural labourers across the country.
Trade Review"The Nature of Gold is a tour de force of modern scholarship. It takes on special significance because few theoretical analyses of northern settlement, particularly in Alaska, have yet been written, and the Klondike gold rush is one of the first historical events newcomers to the field find themselves drawn to. This work will give them just the introduction they need to construct a meaningful understanding of northern history. ."
* Pacific Northwest Quarterly *
Table of ContentsForeword by William Cronon
Acknowledgments
Introduction: On the Chilkoot
1/The Culture of Gold
2/The Nature of the Journey
3/The Culture of the Journey
4/The Nature of Gold Mining
5/The Culture of Gold Mining
6/The Nature & Culture of Food
7/The Nature & Culture of Seattle
Conclusion: Nature, Culture, and Value
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
