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

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1. Verfasser: Johnston, Andrew Scott
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Mining the American West
Schlagworte:
Mineral industries > California > History > 19th century.
Mercury ores > California > History > 19th century.
Landscapes > California > History > 19th century.
Mining camps > California > History > 19th century.
California > Economic conditions > 19th century.
California > Social conditions > 19th century.
California > History > 19th century.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.

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