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Gamblers and dreamers: women, men, and the community in the Klondike by Porsild, Charlene L., 1965- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>The popular image of the Klondike is of a rush of white, male 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 turn of the century with the arrival of white, middle class women who miraculously swept out the corners of dirt and vice and 'civilized' the society. These impressions endure despite recen

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Author

Porsild, Charlene L., 1965-

Publisher

University of British Columbia Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283131940

Category

history

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Post Confederation (1867 )

Updated

2026-03-25