Mass Destruction : the Men and Giant Mines That Wired America and Scarred the Planet.

Mass Destruction is the compelling story of Daniel Jackling and the development of open-pit hard rock mining, its role in the wiring of an electrified America, and its devastating environmental effects. This new method of mining, complimenting the mass production and mass consumption that came to de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LeCain, Timothy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Copper industry and trade > West (U.S.) > History.
Mining engineering > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper mines and mining > Health aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper mines and mining > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper mines and mining > West (U.S.) > History.
HISTORY / General.
Copper industry and trade
Copper mines and mining
Copper mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Mining engineering
West United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Mass Destruction is the compelling story of Daniel Jackling and the development of open-pit hard rock mining, its role in the wiring of an electrified America, and its devastating environmental effects. This new method of mining, complimenting the mass production and mass consumption that came to define the ""American way of life""in the early twentieth century, promised infinite supplies of copper and other natural resources. LeCain deftly analyzes how open-pit mining continues to adversely effect the environment and how, as the world begins to rival American resource consumptio.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages)
ISBN:9780813548562
081354856X

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