John Sutter
Albert L. Hurtado
Resumo
In the history of the American frontier John Sutter 18031880 looms large. A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in Californias Sacramento Valley he founded New Helvetia a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended on Indian slaves and free laborers. New Helvetia drew overland immigrants to California in the 1840s and thenafter gold was discovered by Sutters employeesa flood of fortune seekers.
John Sutter
Resumo
In the history of the American frontier John Sutter 18031880 looms large. A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in Californias Sacramento Valley he founded New Helvetia a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended on Indian slaves and free laborers. New Helvetia drew overland immigrants to California in the 1840s and thenafter gold was discovered by Sutters employeesa flood of fortune seekers.
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- Editora
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University of Oklahoma Press
- Idiomas
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Inglês
- Número de páginas
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412
- Encadernação
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Capa Dura / Hardback
- Data de lançamento
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30/10/2006
- Altura
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254 x 178 x 28
- Peso
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0
- Tema
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Biography & True Stories
- EAN
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9780806137728
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