Mercury and the Making of California: Mining, Landscape, and Race, 18401890

by Andrew Scott Johnston

Mercury and the Making of California , Andrew Johnston's multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California's mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West. Gold and silver could not be refined without mercury; therefore, its production and use were vital to securing power and wealth in the West. The first industrialized mining in California,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607322420
• ISBN13: 9781607322429
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 19 years and up