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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mining the American West SeriesPublisher: Chicago : University Press of Colorado, 2013Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607322436
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mercury and the Making of CaliforniaDDC classification:
  • 338.20979409034
LOC classification:
  • HD9506
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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