Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border /:

Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections. She describes how and why these byproducts of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks of life as scientific specimens, religious offerings, and luxu...

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1. Verfasser: Ferry, Elizabeth Emma
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Schriftenreihe:Tracking globalization.
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Zusammenfassung:Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections. She describes how and why these byproducts of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks of life as scientific specimens, religious offerings, and luxury collectibles. The story of mineral exploration and trade defines a rich and variegated US-Mexican space and sheds new light on this complex relationship.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253009487
0253009480

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