The Fraser River Humbug
Americans and Gold in the British Pacific Northwest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3230585 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Ficken (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 297 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4144839 |
| OpenAlex | W2566340946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Fraser River gold rush of 1858 was widely dismissed by contemporaries as a “humbug,” an over-promoted failure of limited, albeit dramatic, duration. Modern historians have endorsed this point of view. The Fraser River rush was, however, actually a success, leading to sustained mining development and the founding of British Columbia. In the process, Americans coped badly with unfamiliar environmental conditions and differing concepts of law and public administration
Administration (probate law) · Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Gold rush · Political science · River valley · American Environmental and Regional History · Canadian Identity and History · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |