Mercury and the making of California (Record no. 113431)
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| fixed length control field | 02104nam a2200409 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.209794/09034 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnston, Andrew Scott. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Mercury and the making of California |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Boulder : |
| Name of publisher | University Press of Colorado, |
| Year of publication | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 284 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mineral industries |
| Topical Term | Mercury ores |
| Topical Term | Landscapes |
| Topical Term | Mining camps |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10748755 |
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