ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Gamblers and Dreamers : Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774854559
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gamblers and DreamersDDC classification:
  • 971.9/1
LOC classification:
  • F1095.K5 -- P67 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.