Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike
by Porsild, Charlene

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Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike: The popular image of the Klondike is of a rush of adventurers who overcame great physical and geographical obstacles in their quest for gold. Young, white, single American men carried forward the ideals and structures of the western frontier. It was a man's world made respectable only after the arrival of middle-class women, who miraculously swept out the corners of dirt and vice and 'civilized' the society. Like many stereotypes, this picture is only partly true.

Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush. Though many inhabitants came and went, Charlene Porsild shows that many put down roots. The picture she presents of Dawson City at the turn of the century reveals that it had a cosmopolitan character, a stratified society, and a definite permanence. Porsild begins by looking at how First Nations peoples were affected by the hordes who arrived on their doorstep. She then explores the lives of miners and other labourers, professionals, merchants, dance hall performers, and prostitutes, providing fascination detail about those who left homes and jobs to strike it rich in the last great gold rush of the nineteenth century. In the process, Gamblers and Dreamers puts a human face on this compelling period of history.

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Weight:	0.39 kg
Price:	CDN$ 32.95 (US$ 32.06)

ISBN-10:	0774806516
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780774806510
Author:	Porsild, Charlene
Publisher:	University of British Columbia Press Vancouver, B.C.
Publication Date:	6/1998
Pages:	264 pages
Size/Dimensions:	1.0 x 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Binding:	Paperback

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Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondikeby Porsild, Charlene

Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike
by Porsild, Charlene