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We the Miners: Self-Government in the California Gold Rush

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We the Miners: Self-Government in the California Gold Rush - McDowell, Andrea G
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The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to "foreigners" and Indians, and miners were hesitant to yield power to the state that formed around them.

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We the Miners: Self-Government in the California Gold Rush 2022, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674248113

Hardcover