Mercury and the making of California [electronic resource] : mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.
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TextSeries: Mining the American WestPublication details: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.Description: x, 284 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - 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
- 338.209794/09034 23
- HD9506.U63 C356 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.