Mass destruction : the men and giant mines that wired America and scarred the planet /

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From the Publisher: 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 consump...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LeCain, Timothy J., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Copper mines and mining > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper mines and mining > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper mines and mining > Health aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Mining engineering > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper industry and trade > West (U.S.) > History.
Copper.
Copper
Cuivre.
coppers (regalia)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > 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
  • 1: In the lands of mass destruction
  • 2: Between the heavens and the earth
  • 3: Stack
  • 4: Pit
  • 5: Dead zones
  • Epilogue: From New Delhi to the New West
  • Notes
  • Index.

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