Charlene Porsild

Gamblers and Dreamers

Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike

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Produktbeschreibung

Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 1998
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780774806503
• ISBN-10: 0774806508
• Artikelnr.: 55156795

Autorenporträt

Charlene Porsild was born in the Yukon and raised innorthern Alberta. She teaches Canadian and American History at theUniversity of Nebraska and is the editor of the Great PlainsQuarterly journal. She is a well known expert on the Klondike andhas appeared on PBS for the "Gold Fever" episode of TheAmerican Experience (aired in Canada on May 12, 1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Maps and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Gamblers of a Hundred Hells and Dreamers from the Seven Seas
2. The Original Yukoners and the Klondike Gold Rush
3. The Thrill of the Chase: Miners and Other Labouring People inDawson
4. The Scarlet Ladder: Work and Social Life in Dawson'sUnderworld
5. 'Like Flocks of Migrating Geese': Social Workers andReligious Life in
the Klondike
6. Sterling Reputations and Golden Opportunities: The Professionaland
Business Sectors of Dawson
7. Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike
Appendix: Quantifying the Klondike
Notes
Bibliography
Index