商品簡介
Shilaro (history, West Virginia U.) details the economic, political, socio-cultural, medical and environmental effects of the gold rush on the indigenous as well as the emerging British colonial ventures of the region. She describes the early input of the Kenya Land Commission, the process of industrialization of the era and changes in land policy, the effects of land alienation, the impact of health concerns caused by the mine, and the resulting damage to the region and to the possibilities of the gold rush itself. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Priscilla M. Shilaro is Assistant Professor of History at West Virginia University. She received her Ph.D. in History from West Virginia University.
