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

Main Author: Johnston, Andrew Scott.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10748755
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300 |a x, 284 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
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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650 0 |a Landscapes  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z California 
650 0 |a Mining camps  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z California 
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