New perspectives on the gold rush

Bridge, Kathryn Anne, 1955- (editor.). Royal British Columbia Museum, (issuing body.).

Summary: "In 1858, reports of gold found on the Fraser River spurred tens of thousands of people – mostly men – to rush into the territory we now call British Columbia. They came with visions of fortune in their eyes. The lucky ones struck it rich, but most left penniless or died trying for the motherlode. Some stayed behind and helped build the colony and the province of British Columbia. New Perspectives on the Gold Rush presents 10 insightful essays by historians, curators and heritage professionals that offer different views on familiar stories, introduce new ways of examining the gold-rush years and explore the legacies of the event and the gold seekers who stayed on. The result is a different kind of history book, one that challenges your views on this pivotal time in Canada’s history."--Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9780772668547 (paperback) :
ISBN: 077266854X (paperback)
Physical Description: print
190 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Royal BC Museum, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / by Kathryn Bridge -- Pre-Hispanic metalwork of Colombia / by María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Juan Pablo Quintero Guzmán and Héctor García Botero -- The British Columbia Commonwealth : gold seekers and the rush for freedom / by Daniel Marshall -- Images and intention : early BC gold rushes seen through the eyes of painters and photographers / by Don Bourdon -- Chinese footprints in the Fraser River gold rush / by Lily Chow -- Trans-Pacific gold mountain trade : traces of material culture from BC’s gold rush / by Tzu-I Chung -- Women in the Fraser and Cariboo gold rushes / by Marie Elliott -- Conflict in the new El Dorado / by Daniel Marshall -- Another wooden city in the rocks : historic places of the gold rush in BC / by Jennifer Iredale -- After the gold rush : the history of Barkerville historic town / by Judy Campbell -- The gold rush and confederation / by Lorne Hammond.