Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the KlondikeUBC Press, 1998 - 250 páginas The popular image of the Klondike is of a rush of white, male adventurers who overcame great physical and geographical obstacles in their quest for gold. Young, white, single American men carried forward the ideals and structures of the western frontier. It was a man's world made respectable only after the turn of the century with the arrival of white, middle class women who miraculously swept out the corners of dirt and vice and 'civilized' the society. These impressions endure despite recent attempts to correct them. Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush. Though many inhabitants came and went, Charlene Porsild focuses on the concept of community commitment to show that many put down roots. This in-depth study of Dawson City at the turn of the century reveals that the city had a cosmopolitan character, a stratified society, and a definite permanence. It examines the lives of First Nations peoples, miners and other labourers, professionals, merchants, dance hall performers and sex trade workers, providing fascinating detail about those who left homes and jobs to strike it rich in the last great gold rush of the nineteenth century. In the process, Gamblers and Dreamers puts a human face on this compelling period of history. |
Contenido
Gamblers of a Hundred Hells and Dreamers from | 3 |
The Original Yukoners and the Klondike Gold Rush | 24 |
Pho 38 | 42 |
A Klondike couple on the Chilkoot Pass National Archives of Canada PA200049 | 43 |
Four women from Moosehide 1898 National Archives of Canada PA200048 photograph by Goetzman | 47 |
Moosehide Village National Archives of Canada PA017115 photograph by H J Woodside | 51 |
The Arctic Water Company selling water hauled from upstream of Dawson Yukon Archives VPL 2128 | 53 |
A business transaction using gold dust National Archives of Canada C5393 | 63 |
King of the Klondike Alex McDonald National Archives of Canada PA186696 | 86 |
A Klondike family seeks its fortune National Archives of Canada PA168981 | 93 |
The last night of public gaming in the Dominion Saloon National Archives of Canada PA 013409 photograph by Larss and Duclos | 103 |
Performing on the Standard Theater Stage 1901 BC Archives 68275 | 111 |
Dance hall performer the Belgian Queen National Archives of Canada PA013284 photo graph by E A Hegg | 115 |
Women in front of their oneroom cribs National Archives of Canada C014478 photo graph by Larss and Duclos | 120 |
Women Men and Community in the Klondike | 191 |
Arcade Restaurant Yukon Archives VPL 2028 | 73 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike Charlene Porsild Vista previa limitada - 2011 |
Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike Charlene L. Porsild Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |
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Chilkoot: An Adventure in Ecotourism Allan Ingelson,Michael Mahony,Robert C. Scace Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |