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

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dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Andrew Scott, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:34:34Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:34:34Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction: 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87458
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
dc.relation.ispartofMining the American West
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dc.subject.lcshMineral industries -- California -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshMercury ores -- California -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshLandscapes -- California -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshMining camps -- California -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshCalifornia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshCalifornia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshCalifornia -- History -- 19th century
dc.titleMercury and the making of California: mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890
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