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02903aam a2200529 i 4500 001 8F2DEEAA664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221117010035 008 211013t20222022mau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021045373 020 $a 0674248112 020 $a 9780674248113 035 $a (OCoLC)1266212753 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d TOH $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ca 050 00 $a F865 $b .M154 2022 100 1 $a McDowell, A. G., $e author. 245 10 $a We the miners : $b self-government in the California gold rush / $c Andrea G. McDowell. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 327 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Before property -- Powerless judges and discharged soldiers -- Indian miners -- The mining codes -- Resolving disputes -- Cooperation and conflict with mining companies -- Lynch trials and frontier criminal law -- Trial by Judge Lynch -- Whipping, branding, and hanging -- The end of the Hangtown Oak -- Massacring Indians and ejecting Spanish speakers -- Capitalist investment and the end of the gold rush. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Gold miners $x History $z California $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Democracy $z California $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration law $z California $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Indians, Treatment of $z California. 651 0 $a California $x Gold discoveries. 651 0 $a California $x History $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a California $x History $y 1846-1850. 651 6 $a Californie $x Decouvertes d'or. 651 6 $a Californie $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 19e siecle. 651 6 $a Californie $x Histoire $y 1846-1850. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Democracy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890077 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908736 650 7 $a Gold mines and mining. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00944469 650 7 $a Indians, Treatment of. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00970120 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 651 7 $a California. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204928 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780674276154 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517011758.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8F2DEEAA664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search