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The Legacy of American Copper Smelting: Industrial Heritage versus Environmental Policy
Bode J. Morin
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Description for The Legacy of American Copper Smelting: Industrial Heritage versus Environmental Policy
Hardcover. Examines America's three premier copper sites: Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, Tennessee's Copper Basin, and Butte-Anaconda, Montana. Morin focuses on what the copper industry meant to the townspeople working in and around these three major sites while also exploring the smelters' environmental effects. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: HDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Throughout world history, copper has been a significant metal for a vast number of cultures, from the oldest civilisations on record to the Bronze Age and Greek and Roman antiquity. Though replaced by iron as the primary metal for tools and weapons in ancient civilisations, copper found new resurgence in the nineteenth century when it was discovered to have particularly high thermal and electrical conductivity. Copper mining quickly escalated into a large-scale industry, and because of its vast reserves and innovative mining techniques, the United States seized the reins of global production with the opening of significant copper mines in ... Read more
Throughout world history, copper has been a significant metal for a vast number of cultures, from the oldest civilisations on record to the Bronze Age and Greek and Roman antiquity. Though replaced by iron as the primary metal for tools and weapons in ancient civilisations, copper found new resurgence in the nineteenth century when it was discovered to have particularly high thermal and electrical conductivity. Copper mining quickly escalated into a large-scale industry, and because of its vast reserves and innovative mining techniques, the United States seized the reins of global production with the opening of significant copper mines in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781572339507
SKU
V9781572339507
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About Bode J. Morin
Bode J. Morin is an industrial archaeologist and historic site administrator directing Eckley Miners’ Village outside of Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA.
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