Mercury and the Making of California : Mining, Landscape, and Race, 1840-1890

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: California: The Quicksilver State -- 1. Imperialism and California's Quicksilver -- 2. Money and Powerin the California Mercury Landscape -- 3. A Geography of Mercury Mining in California -- 4. Race, Space, and Power at New Almaden -- 5. Race, Technology, and Work -- 6. Race, Family, and Camp Life -- 7. Conclusion: The Legacy of the Quicksilver -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Johnston, Andrew Scott
Publisher:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado
Subject:	Bergbau \| Mining \| Rasse \| Race \| Ethnische Diskriminierung \| Ethnic discrimination \| Quecksilber \| Mercury

Extent:	1 online resource (297 pages)
Series:	Mining the American West
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Introduction: California, the quicksilver stateBritish 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.
ISBN:	978-1-60732-243-6 ; 978-1-60732-242-9
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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