Mining Frontiers of the Far West 1848-1880 (Histories of the American Frontier)

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Long out of print this highly praised classic study of western mining is now available with three new chapters by Elliott West. When originally published in 1963 Professor Pauls book offered the first comprehensive view of western mining as an integral part of the settlement process. In his supplemental chapters Professor West presents a sweeping social history of mining campsencompassing discussions of gender class race labor and the environment. The combined scholarship of Paul and West makes a strong case for the transforming effects of the mining frontier on western society in particular and American society in general. The American Historical Review praised the original edition as a fresh penetrating approach. This revised expanded edition continues to offer a distinctively vivid voice and an unusually keen eye for telling detail.