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In this comprehensive, detailed, and meticulously researched history of mining and its economic impact in California's classic gold region, Limbaugh (retired, California history, Univ. of the Pacific) and long-term mining engineer associate Fuller, of the Calaveras Country Historical Society, address mining's impact on the region's political, cultural, and economic structure as the mining practices changed from those of early placer efforts to those of advanced, underground, hard-rock technology. Ample consideration is given to the region's generation and distribution of mining capital; to the development of subsidiary agriculture, transportation, lumbering, and water supply; and to the concurrent roles of race, gender, and class in Calaveras society. The book is thoroughly footnoted, and is supported by photographic illustrations, figures, maps, charts, and tables. Its resource value is further supported by a glossary of mining terms, extensive suggestions for supplementary reading, and an ample index. For libraries with history collections on the American West, and for libraries serving students in economic geology, engineering history, and economics. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. W. C. Peters emeritus, University of Arizona
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
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