Title Mercury and the making of California : mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / Andrew Scott Johnston.

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Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]

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Description	1 online resource.
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Series	Mining the American West
	Mining the American West.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Summary	Exploring the development of California and the relationship between the built environments of the mercury-mining industry and the emerging ethnic identities and communities in California, Mercury and the Making of California brings mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in their defining roles in the development of the American West. In this pioneering study, Andrew Johnston examines the history of California's mercury-mining industry-and its defining role in the development of the American West. Mercury was crucial to refining gold and silver; therefore, its production an.
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Subject	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.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Landscapes. (OCoLC)fst01735625
	Mercury ores. (OCoLC)fst01017142
	Mineral industries. (OCoLC)fst01022218
	Mining camps. (OCoLC)fst01022874
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic book.
Other Form:	Print version: Johnston, Andrew Scott. Mercury and the making of California. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013] 9781607322429 (DLC) 2013012515 (OCoLC)821025052
ISBN	9781607322436 (electronic bk.)
	1607322439 (electronic bk.)
	9781607322429
	1607322420

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