Gamblers and Dreamers : Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike.
Porsild, Charlene.
Gamblers and Dreamers : Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Gamblers of a Hundred Hells and Dreamers from the Seven Seas -- 2 The Original Yukoners and the Klondike Gold Rush -- 3 The Thrill of the Chase: Miners and Other Labouring People in Dawson -- 4 The Scarlet Ladder: Work and Social Life in Dawson's Underworld -- 5 'Like Flocks of Migrating Geese': Social Work and Religious Life in the Klondike -- 6 Sterling Reputations and Golden Opportunities: The Professional and Business Sectors of Dawson -- 7 Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike -- Appendix: Quantifying the Klondike -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush.
9780774854559
Community life -- Yukon -- Dawson -- History.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries.
Dawson (Yukon) -- History.
Electronic books.
F1095.K5 -- P67 1998eb
971.9/1
Gamblers and Dreamers : Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Gamblers of a Hundred Hells and Dreamers from the Seven Seas -- 2 The Original Yukoners and the Klondike Gold Rush -- 3 The Thrill of the Chase: Miners and Other Labouring People in Dawson -- 4 The Scarlet Ladder: Work and Social Life in Dawson's Underworld -- 5 'Like Flocks of Migrating Geese': Social Work and Religious Life in the Klondike -- 6 Sterling Reputations and Golden Opportunities: The Professional and Business Sectors of Dawson -- 7 Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike -- Appendix: Quantifying the Klondike -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush.
9780774854559
Community life -- Yukon -- Dawson -- History.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries.
Dawson (Yukon) -- History.
Electronic books.
F1095.K5 -- P67 1998eb
971.9/1