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

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Autore principale: Johnston, Andrew Scott
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.
Serie:Mining the American West
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Sommario:
  • 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.