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Electronic Book

Author

Johnston, Andrew Scott.

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

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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.)