Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California by way of Panama during the California Gold Rush. Decades before the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, this slender spit of land abruptly became the linc…
Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.
Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.
Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.
Describes the adventurous prospectors who traversed the United States in 1848 in response to rumors of gold in the Sacramento Valley, detailing the rough and rowdy cities that popped up, seemingly out of thin air, to accommodate the treasure-seekers.
"When the Yanomami were first encountered by Napoleon Chagnon, Jacques Lizot, and other preeminent anthropologists in the 1960s, the "discovery" of their ferocious warfare and sexual competition revolutionized modern anthropology as profoundly as Franz Boaz and Margaret Mead's f…
"Hidden in the impenetrable jungles and highlands of Venezuela and Brazil, the Yanomami were first encountered in the 1960s by anthropologists who described them as the most savage and warlike of any tribe alive. Their brutal wars and sexual competition spawned countless films a…
"When the Yanomami were first encountered by Napoleon Chagnon, Jacques Lizot, and other preeminent anthropologists in the 1960s, the "discovery" of their ferocious warfare and sexual competition revolutionized modern anthropology as profoundly as Franz Boaz and Margaret Mead's f…
Examines the destructive impact of journalists, anthropologists, and scientists on the Yanomami Indians, one of the Amazon Basin's oldest tribes.
"The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to "foreigners" and Indians, and mi…
Before property -- Powerless judges and discharged soldiers -- Indian miners -- The mining codes -- Resolving disputes -- Cooperation and conflict with mining companies -- Lynch trials and frontier criminal law -- Trial by Judge Lynch -- Whipping, branding, and hanging -- The en…
"The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property interests, they enacted mining codes, held criminal trials, and decided claim disputes. But democracy and law did not extend to "foreigners" and Indians, and mi…
