'Metallic Nerves': San Francisco And Its Hinterland During And After The Gold Rush

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-147

  Frost, Lionel ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

California; Cities; Economic development; Gold rush; Hinterland; San Francisco

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954888732     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2010.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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