Mercury and the making of California [electronic resource] : mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.
Series: Mining the American WestPublication details: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.Description: x, 284 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9781607322429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781607322436 (e-book)
- 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
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- HD9506.U63 C356 2013eb
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.