The California Gold Rush: A Trans-Pacific Phenomenon-U.S
First Edition ©2016
ISBN:9781319169756
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This document collection examines the ways in which events in California resonated throughout the Pacific Ocean, how different communities around the Pacific participated in and changed as a result of California's gold rush, and offers a perspective on the "Pacific World" as a place of connections, migration, and transits. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.
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Table of Contents
Central QuestionLearning Objective
Introduction
Historical Background
Primary Sources
Edward Kemble, “San Francisco, 1848, First Drops of the Golden Shower,” Sacramento Daily Union, Saturday, March 22, 1873
James K. Polk, Excerpt from State of the Union Address, December 5, 1848
“O Boys I’ve Struck It Heavy!” 1853
“Chinese, Gold Mining in California”
Foreign Miners License Stub, 1853
“An Act to Prohibit Natives from Leaving the Islands,” The Polynesian, September 7, 1850
Excerpt from the Diary of Miner Alfred Doten, December 22, 1851
Louise Clappe, Excerpt from the “Shirley Letters,” 1851
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Authors
David Igler
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