Bonanzas and Borrascas Gold Lust and Silver Sharks, 1848-1884 |
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| Author:
| Lingenfelter, Richard E. |
| Series title: | Western Lands and Waters Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87062-405-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Imprint: | Arthur H. Clark Company, The |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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The first of a two-volume study of the heyday of gold, silver, and copper mining in the American West is unique in both scope and approach. Richard E. Lingenfelter describes how miners, managers, investors, and speculators produced enormous wealth--spurring the American economy, attracting myriads of Argonauts and settlers, and transforming the West and the nation. This tale of great expectations follows the money from rich pockets of ore and the bulging pockets of investors and...
More DescriptionThe first of a two-volume study of the heyday of gold, silver, and copper mining in the American West is unique in both scope and approach. Richard E. Lingenfelter describes how miners, managers, investors, and speculators produced enormous wealth--spurring the American economy, attracting myriads of Argonauts and settlers, and transforming the West and the nation. This tale of great expectations follows the money from rich pockets of ore and the bulging pockets of investors and speculators through mills, smelters, and stock markets. Some of the greatest stockholder losses came from insider looting and market manipulation. Bonanzas & Borrascas ties together the fortunes of East and West by exploring the impact of eastern investors and speculators on western mines, as well as the generally unrecognized impact of the western mines on Wall Street and Washington, D.C.