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key:
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07060551
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LCCN:
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2006004324
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ISBN:
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0803243251 (cloth : alk. paper)
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ISBN:
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9780803243255 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Local Dewey call num:
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979.4 S 2006
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Local call number:
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82 RUSH
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Personal Author:
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Stillson, Richard T. (Richard Thomas)
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Title:
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Spreading the word : a history of information in the California gold rush / Richard T. Stillson.
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Publication info:
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006.
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Physical descrip:
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viii, 274 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
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Newspapers : credibility and information -- The marketplaces for information : guidebooks and maps -- To the trailheads : from advertisements to rumors -- On the trail : from printed guidebooks to mountain man experts -- Information and communications in California : maps, mail, and express -- The gold rush in 1850 : private communications and public information -- Appendix A. Selected booksellers' catalogs, 1844-1847 -- Appendix B. Prices and wages in the gold rush -- Appendix C. Classification of Kurutz bibliography -- Appendix D. Oregon-California trail guidebook title pages.
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Subject term:
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Communication--Social aspects--California--History--1801-1900.
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Subject term:
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Mass media--United States--History--1801-1900.
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Subject term:
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Catalogs, Publishers'--United States--Bibliography.
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Geographic term:
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California--Gold discoveries--Information resources--History--1801-1900.
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Geographic term:
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California--Guidebooks--Bibliography.
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Geographic term:
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California--Maps--Bibliography.
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