Mercury and the making of California: mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.
2013
HD9506.U63 C356 2013
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Mercury and the making of California: mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.
Author
Johnston, Andrew Scott.
ISBN
9781607322429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781607322436 (electronic bk.)
9781607322436 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details
Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.
Language
English
Description
x, 284 p. : ill., maps.
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HD9506.U63 C356 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.209794/09034
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Series
Mining the American West
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Table of 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.
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.