Floyd begins by considering some of the grand narratives the industry has generated. She goes on to discuss particular places and the distinctive work they generatedthe short fictions of the California Gold Rush, the Sagebrush journalism of Nevada's Comstock Lode, Leadville romance, and the popular culture of the Klondike.
With excursions to Canada, South Africa, and Australia, Floyd looks at how the experience of a destructive and chaotic industry produced a global literature.
Floyd begins by considering some of the grand narratives the industry has generated. She goes on to discuss particular places and the distinctive work they generatedthe short fictions of the California Gold Rush, the Sagebrush journalism of Nevada's Comstock Lode, Leadville romance, and the popular culture of the Klondike.
With excursions to Canada, South Africa, and Australia, Floyd looks at how the experience of a destructive and chaotic industry produced a global literature.
Claims and Speculations: Mining and Writing in the Gilded Age
196Claims and Speculations: Mining and Writing in the Gilded Age
196Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780826351395 |
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Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date: | 11/01/2012 |
Pages: | 196 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d) |