"Gold Fever? Rethinking the Gold Rush"
"Gold Fever? Rethinking the Gold Rush"

The California Gold Rush of the late 1840's and early 1850's is one of the defining episodes in the history of the American West. The image of "gold fever" has dominated scholarly discourse in describing the Gold Rush and remains to this day the defining popular image of that event. In this talk, Professor Mark Kanazawa, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of Environmental Studies, questions the universal application of this image and discusses whether a more rational one may be more appropriate. Read more about this event in a Carletonian article.



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  • Description The California Gold Rush of the late 1840's and early 1850's is one of the defining episodes in the history of the American West. The image of "gold fever" has dominated scholarly discourse in describing the Gold Rush and remains to this day the defining popular image of that event. In this talk, Professor Mark Kanazawa, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of Environmental Studies, questions the universal application of this image and discusses whether a more rational one may be more appropriate. Read more about this event in a Carletonian article.
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