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Author Johnston, Andrew Scott.

Title Mercury and the making of California [electronic resource] : mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.

Imprint Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 284 p. : ill., maps.
Series Mining the American West
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: California, the quicksilver state -- British imperialism and California's quicksilver -- Money and power in California's quicksilver industry -- A geography of mercury mining in California -- Ethnic and racial hierarchies at New Almaden -- Race, technology and work in the 1870s -- Race, family, and camp life in the 1870s -- Conclusion: the legacy of mercury mining.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Mineral industries -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Mercury ores -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Landscapes -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Mining camps -- California -- History -- 19th century.
California -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
California -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
California -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781607322429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781607322436 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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