Mercury and the making of California mining, landscape, and race, 1840-1890
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 de...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado
[2013]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Mining the American West. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46446655*spi |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781607322436 |
