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020			_a9781607322436
020			_a1607322439
020			_z9781607322429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z1607322420
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aHD9506.U63 _bC356 2013
082	0	0	_a338.209794/09034 _223
100	1		_aJohnston, Andrew Scott.
245	1	0	_aMercury and the making of California _h[electronic resource] : _bmining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890 / _cAndrew Scott Johnston.
260			_aBoulder : _bUniversity Press of Colorado, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aMining camps _zCalifornia _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aLandscapes _zCalifornia _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aMercury ores _zCalifornia _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aMineral industries _zCalifornia _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xSocial conditions _y19th century.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xEconomic conditions _y19th century.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781607322436/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33406 _d33406