Mining North America: An Environmental History since 1522
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520279174 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Inside Flap"Mining North America is a kaleidoscopic and exhaustive volume that places mining at the center of a cutting-edge historical analysis of human society's relationship with the environment, ranging from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first. Vividly written and timely, this book should engage a wide, multidisciplinary audience."—Ryan Dearinger, Associate Professor of History at Eastern Oregon University and author of The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West. This unique collection of essays covers an impressive array of interrelated yet heretofore overlooked topics
Mountains have been honeycombed, rivers poisoned, forests leveled, and the consequences of these environmental transformations have fallen unevenly across North America. It covers an array of minerals and geographies while bringing mining into the core debates that animate North American environmental history. Taken all together, the essays in this book make a powerful case for the centrality of mining in forging North American environments and societies.. As this process has unfolded, mining has also indelibly shaped the natural world and the human societies within it. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads, pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have become central to North American societies. Drawing on the work of scholars from Mexico, the United States, and Canada, Mining North America examines these developments. Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life