The California Gold Rush

M paley on insugam has asked about the roll of chinese immigrants in the california gold rush, and i wonder if you could broaden out to tell us a bit more about the participants in these rushes. Absolutely. There's a truth in it in the sense that they 're overwhelmingly white angler, male settlers. These are societies that are fundamentally often an very male. In 18 52, m state ensence census, the population is 92 % male. The female population then increases to about forty percent by 18 60. So does rise quickly, but in the initial period they are overwhelmingly male. This is a story change over time.