A landscape transformed : the ironmaking district of Salisbury, Connecticut /

This book examines the industrial ecology of 200 years of ironmaking with renewal energy resources in northwestern Connecticut. It focuses on the cultural context of people's decisions about technology and the environment, and the gradual transition they effected in their land from industrial l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gordon, Robert B. (Robert Boyd), 1929- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Iron-works > Connecticut > Salisbury > History.
Industrial ecology > Connecticut > Salisbury.
Iron mines and mining > Connecticut > Salisbury > History.
Abandoned mined lands reclamation > Connecticut > Salisbury.
Iron mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Connecticut > Salisbury.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Abandoned mined lands reclamation
Industrial ecology
Iron mines and mining
Iron mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Iron-works
Connecticut > Salisbury
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; ONE: Industrial Ecology in Historical Perspective; TWO: Resources Discovered; THREE: Independent Artisans; FOUR: Merchant Capitalists; FIVE: Artisan-Entrepreneurs; SIX: Environment, Technology, and Community in Salisbury; SEVEN: The Challenge of New Markets and Techniques; EIGHT: Retreat from Progress; NINE: A Landscape Transformed; TEN: Community, Culture, and Industrial Ecology; APPENDIX ONE: Ironworks Inventory; APPENDIX TWO: Ironmaking and Steelmaking Techniques; APPENDIX THREE: Units and Conversion Factors; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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