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Mercury and the making of California mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnston, Andrew Scott.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.
Series:Mining the American West
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
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300 |a x, 284 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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