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Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush: A Documentary History, 1849-1880 (American...
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Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush: A Documentary History, 1849-1880 (American...
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by Ava Fran Kahn
Sales Rank : 1417472
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Hardcover: 549 pages
Publisher: Wayne State University Press September 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814328598
ISBN-13: 978-0814328590
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
Product Description
A history of the founding of California's Jewish community during the Gold Rush.
Publisher Description
In 1848, news of the California Gold Rush swept the nation and the world. Aspiring miners, merchants, and entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe flooded California looking for gold. The cry of instant wealth was also heard and answered by Jewish communities in Europe and the eastern United States. "Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush" examines the life of California's Jewish community through letters, diaries, memoirs, court and news reports, and photographs, as well as institutional, synagogue, and organizational records. By gathering a wealth of primary source materials—both public and private documents—and placing them in proper historical context, Ava F. Kahn re-creates the lives within California's Jewish community. Kahn takes the reader from Europe to California, from the goldfields to the developing towns and their religious and business communities, and from the founding of Jewish communities to their maturing years—most notably the instant city of San Francisco.
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