On the Voyage to California: Using Literature to Interpret the Gold Rush

Friday, January 5, 2018: 8:30 AM
Delaware Suite A (Marriott Wardman Park)
Oscar Cañedo, Grossmont College
In “On the Voyage to California: Using Literature to Interpret the Gold Rush,” Oscar Cañedo (Grossmont College) demonstrates how Isabel Allende’s classic work, “Daughter of Fortune” can be used as an interactive and integrative tool to analyze the economic, political and cultural legacy of the Gold Rush in the United States survey courses, Chicana/o Studies and California history courses.
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