- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations.
- Series Statement
- Mining the American West
- Uniform Title
- Mercury and the making of California (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Mercury and the making of California (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2013012515
- OCLC
- ssj0001000875
- Author
Johnston, Andrew Scott.
- Title
Mercury and the making of California [electronic resource] : mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.
- Imprint
Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]
- Series
Mining the American West
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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