Minerals, Collecting, and Value Across the U.S.-Mexico Border

by Elizabeth Emma Ferry

Book Overview

Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections on both sides of the US-Mexico border. 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, works of art, and luxury collectibles. The story of mineral exploration and trade defines a variegated transnational space,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253009367
• ISBN13: 9780253009364
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"