Integrating the Historiography of the Nineteenth‐century Gold Rushes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20437676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keir Reeves (0000-0001-8837-2965, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute), Lionel Frost (0000-0003-3376-9062, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute), Charles Fahey (0000-0001-5858-5038, La Trobe University) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-128 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2010.00296.x |
| OpenAlex | W2097428723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 54 |
In the century preceding World War I, the world experienced a series of gold rushes. The wealth derived from these was distributed widely because of reduced migration costs and low barriers to entry. While gold mining itself was generally unprofitable for diggers and mine owners, the increase in the world's gold supply stimulated global trade and investment. In this introductory article we integrate the histories of migration, trade, colonisation, and environmental history to identify endogenous factors that increased the world's gold supply and generated sustained economic growth in the regions that were affected by gold rushes
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Economics · First world war · Gold as an investment · Historiography · Investment (military) · Political science · World War II · Australian History and Society · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Mining and Resource Management
Phenomenon of gold and diamond rushes as territorial, mining and socio-cultural development of continental spaces of North America and Australia (Part I)
Hair today, gone tomorrow
The gold commodity frontier
The Miguel Burnier district
The Nor’-Wester and the Saskatchewan Gold Rush
Localisation of Industry in C hile, 1895–1967
The Environmental Impacts of the V ictorian G old R ushes
Trading Roles
"It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own"
The tyranny of distance
Labour in the South African gold mines, 1911-1969.
Globalization and History
A Farewell to Alms
Understanding the Process of Economic Change
Migrant Labour in South Africa's Mining Economy
Cycles of Silver
Institutions Rule
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
The Columbian exchange
Atlas of world population history
Ecological Imperialism
A Rejoinder
Government and the Colonial Economies
Global Migration and the World Economy
The Contested Plains
An Economic History of South Africa
The Second Hundred Years War Some Reflections
Blainey Revisited
Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth
Why Was British Growth So Slow During the Industrial Revolution
Supply-Side Shocks
Migrating to Riches? Evidence from the California Gold Rush
The Gold Standard as a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval”
Transformations of the Earth
Pacific Circle
Property rights and institutional change during Australia's gold rush
Why was Australia so rich
The Economic Development of France and Germany
A Theory of Mineral Discovery
[A Theory of Mineral Discovery]
A Theory of Mineral Discovery
California’s Golden Road to Riches
Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World
Technology and Society
Myth and Reality of China's Seventeenth-Century Monetary Crisis
Observations on the Nature and Culture of Environmental History
The Power of Gold
The Hard-Rock Men
The supply of gold under the pre-1914 gold standard
The Development of the South African Gold-Mining Industry, 1895-1918
Monnaies et civilisations
Colonial Technology
The Mile That Midas Touched, the Story of Kalgoorlie
The Rush That Never Ended. A History of Australian Mining
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |