{"product_id":"after-the-gold-rush-tarnished-dreams-in-the-sacramento-valley-paperback","title":"After the Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Vaught\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2008 Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a glorious country,\" exclaimed Stephen J. Field, the future U.S. Supreme Court justice, upon arriving in California in 1849. Field's pronouncement was more than just an expression of exuberance. For an electrifying moment, he and another 100,000 hopeful gold miners found themselves face-to-face with something commensurate to their capacity to dream. Most failed to hit pay dirt in gold. Thereafter, one illustrative group of them struggled to make a living in wheat, livestock, and fruit along Putah Creek in the lower Sacramento Valley. Like Field, they never forgot that first \"glorious\" moment in California when anything seemed possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfter the Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e, David Vaught examines the hard-luck miners-turned-farmers--the Pierces, Greenes, Montgomerys, Careys, and others--who refused to admit a second failure, faced flood and drought, endured monumental disputes and confusion over land policy, and struggled to come to grips with the vagaries of local, national, and world markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfter the Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e, David Vaught examines the hard-luck miners-turned-farmers--the Pierces, Greenes, Montgomerys, Careys, and others--who after failing to hit pay dirt during California's gold rush, struggled to make a living in wheat, livestock, and fruit along Putah Creek in the lower Sacramento Valley. They refused to admit a second failure, faced flood and drought, endured monumental disputes and confusion over land policy, and struggled to come to grips with the vagaries of local, national, and world markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excellent history of farming in the Sacramento Valley in the late nineteenth century.--\u003ci\u003eCalifornia History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaught tells a riveting story of two generations of farmers who 'committed themselves not only to the market but to community life as well.' He argues that these twin commitments, born of their failures in the gold fields, were an essential part of the culture of American capitalism that emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century.--\u003ci\u003eBusiness History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich account of a rural world that has been overlooked by historians, and it is an important addition to recent work on rural life that has, to date, focused exclusively on the Midwest . . . very accessible to general and specialist readers alike.--\u003ci\u003eSouthern California Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaught set himself the goal of writing a 'new' rural history of California, examining the state's wheat farmers in their social and cultural contexts. In \u003ci\u003eAfter the Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e, he achieves his goal admirably.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn agricultural history that weaves together an unpredictable creek, a fluctuating market, and the perseverance of the American Dream.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Kevin Starr, University of Southern California, author of \u003ci\u003eCalifornia: A History\u003c\/i\u003e \"Agricultural History\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfter the Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e, David Vaught examines the hard-luck miners-turned-farmers--the Pierces, Greenes, Montgomerys, Careys, and others--who after failing to hit pay dirt during California's gold rush, struggled to make a living in wheat, livestock, and fruit along Putah Creek in the lower Sacramento Valley. They refused to admit a second failure, faced flood and drought, endured monumental disputes and confusion over land policy, and struggled to come to grips with the vagaries of local, national, and world markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent history of farming in the Sacramento Valley in the late nineteenth century.\"--\u003ci\u003eCalifornia History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vaught tells a riveting story of two generations of farmers who 'committed themselves not only to the market but to community life as well.' He argues that these twin commitments, born of their failures in the gold fields, were an essential part of the culture of American capitalism that emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century.\"--\u003ci\u003eBusiness History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rich account of a rural world that has been overlooked by historians, and it is an important addition to recent work on rural life that has, to date, focused exclusively on the Midwest . . . very accessible to general and specialist readers alike.\"--\u003ci\u003eSouthern California Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vaught set himself the goal of writing a 'new' rural history of California, examining the state's wheat farmers in their social and cultural contexts. In \u003ci\u003eAfter the Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e, he achieves his goal admirably.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An agricultural history that weaves together an unpredictable creek, a fluctuating market, and the perseverance of the American Dream.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Vaught\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52304591978770,"sku":"9780801892578","price":64.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/QXV3Y04wV3NycGJTcG00Q1gvUVRkZz09.webp?v=1779958326","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/after-the-gold-rush-tarnished-dreams-in-the-sacramento-valley-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}