The Gold Rush Origins of California's Wheat Economy
This paper explores the near-simultaneous development of the gold rush and grain production in California during the early 1850s. Economic models predict that the production of tradable goods such as wheat are unlikely during a mineral boom due to the availability of imports and the high cost of lab...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora
2010-12-01
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| Series: | América Latina en la Historia Económica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1405-22532010000200002 |