Author: Publisher:
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Category : Metallurgy
Languages : en
Pages : 1382
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Mines, Miners and Mining Interests of the United States in 1882
Author: Mineral Resources of the United States
Author: Mine Taxation in the United States
Author: Lewis Emanuel YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Mining the Borderlands
Author: Sarah E. M. GrossmanPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 1943859841
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the US-Mexico border was home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced industrial copper mines. This despite being geographically, culturally, and financially far-removed from traditional urban centers of power. Mining the Borderlands argues that this was only possible because of the emergence of mining engineers—a distinct technocratic class of professionals who connected capital, labor, and expertise. Mining engineers moved easily between remote mining camps and the upscale parlors of east coast investors. Working as labor managers and technical experts, they were involved in the daily negotiations, which brought private US capital to the southwestern border. The success of the massive capital-intensive mining ventures in the region depended on their ability to construct different networks, serving as intermediaries to groups that rarely coincided. Grossman argues that this didn’t just lead to bigger and more efficient mines, but served as part of the ongoing project of American territorial and economic expansion. By integrating the history of technical expertise into the history of the transnational mining industry, this in-depth look at borderlands mining explains how American economic hegemony was established in a border region peripheral to the federal governments of both Washington, D.C. and Mexico City.
Hard Rock Epic
Author: Mark WymanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520340876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
"The most comprehensive and interpretive study of the mining industry available to historians. . . . It is a book that will stand the test of time." -W. Turrentine Jackson, Technology and Culture "Mark Wyman's sympathetic account of the Western metal miners includes graphic details of their bitter struggle for unpaid wages, for industrial safety legislation, for corporate liability in the event of mine accidents and for workmen's compensation. . . . Throughout the book one finds the compassion and understanding that mark works in the best tradition of historical scholarship." -Milton Cantor, The Nation "Wyman has looked at miners in the larger context of American industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In doing so, he has produced a stimulating, informative account of how this group of workingmen responded to changes in the work place brought on by changes in technology, corporate capitalism, and the shifting labor forces of the day." -James E. Fell, Jr., Pacific Northwest Quarterly "Wyman's compassionate and thoughtful study is an important contribution to the social history of western mining. Hard Rock Epic is also a significant addition to the literature on the process of industrialization. It amply demonstrates that no group in the American West was so deeply affected by the Industrial Revolution as the hard rock miners." -Jeffrey K. Stine, The Midwest Review "Hard Rock Epic is both a descriptive and analytical study of the impact of technology on the life of metalliferous miners of the West. It is thoroughly researched, drawing heavily upon primary sources and the most relevant recent scholarship concerning the hardrock men. The study is judicious and balanced. . . . [and] fits well into the growing body of scholarship on Western metal mining. Historians of labor and the American West will find this volume instructive and definite contribution to their fields of study." -George C. Suggs, Jr., The American Historical Review This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979. "The most comprehensive and interpretive study of the mining industry available to historians. . . . It is a book that will stand the test of time." -W. Turrentine Jackson, Technology and Culture "Mark Wyman's sympathetic account of the Western metal mine
Select List of References on the Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States
Author: Library of Congress. Division of BibliographyPublisher:
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Water-powers of North Carolina (a Supplement to Bulletin No. 8)
Author: Francis Baker LaneyPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Practical Gold-mining
Author: Charles George Warnford LockPublisher:
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Category : Gold
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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