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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; One: In the Lands of Mass Destruction; Two: Between the Heavens and the Earth; Three: The Stack; Four: The Pit; Five: The Dead Zones; Epilogue: From New Delhi to the New West; Notes; Index.

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