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Mercury and the making of California mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607322436
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD9506 .M473 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographies 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.

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