California, Its Past History, Its Present Position, Its Future Prospects

California, Its Past History, Its Present Position, Its Future Prospects
Author: G. A. Fleming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1850
Genre: California
ISBN:

"The hand-colored plates are of exceptional quality and the engraved frontispiece is one of the glories of Gold Rush literature." (Kurutz, The California Gold Rush, 242). "Despite some bibliographical confusion, as discussed by Kurutz ... [the three plates] would seem to be all the illustrations intended to have been issued with the book. This guide is a perfectly serious one intended to be of actual use to an English emigrant. Opening with a review of English law and regulations concerning ships carrying emigrants, it soon moves to a general description of the area and its history, mostly drawn from secondary sources, such as Frémont and Vizetelly. Written principally for the poor - those for whom 'the mind succumbs to the stomach' - the author puts forth the proposition that those who can successfully practice a trade in California will ultimately prosper more than those who merely seek gold." (Sloan).

California

California
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1852
Genre: California
ISBN:

California

California
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1850
Genre: California
ISBN:

California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects:

California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects:
Author: G. A. Fleming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1850
Genre: California
ISBN:

"The hand-colored plates are of exceptional quality and the engraved frontispiece is one of the glories of Gold Rush literature." (Kurutz, The California Gold Rush, 242). "Despite some bibliographical confusion, as discussed by Kurutz ... [the three plates] would seem to be all the illustrations intended to have been issued with the book. This guide is a perfectly serious one intended to be of actual use to an English emigrant. Opening with a review of English law and regulations concerning ships carrying emigrants, it soon moves to a general description of the area and its history, mostly drawn from secondary sources, such as Frémont and Vizetelly. Written principally for the poor - those for whom 'the mind succumbs to the stomach' - the author puts forth the proposition that those who can successfully practice a trade in California will ultimately prosper more than those who merely seek gold." (Sloan).

British Comment on the United States

British Comment on the United States
Author: Ada B. Nisbet
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2001-06-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520098110

This bibliography of more than three thousand entries, often extensively annotated, lists books and pamphlets that illuminate evolving British views on the United States during a period of great change on both sides of the Atlantic. Subjects addressed in various decades include slavery and abolitionism, women's rights, the Civil War, organized labor, economic, cultural, and social behavior, political and religious movements, and the "American" character in general.