Mercury and the making of California : mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / / Andrew Scott Johnston.
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mining the American West
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| Physical Description: | x, 284 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of 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.