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A Global History of Gold Rushes by Benjamin Mountford; Stephen Tuffnell
Category: History | Series: California World History Library
Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Between the discovery of California placer gold in 1848 and the nostalgic rush to Alaska fifty years later, the search for the precious yellow metal accelerated global circulations of people, goods, capital, and technologies. A Global History of Gold Rushes bri ...Show more
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History by David Christian
Category: History | Series: California World History Library
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arriv ...Show more
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