The global interior : mineral frontiers and American power /

In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural resources and indigenous...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Black, Megan, 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of the Interior.
United States. > Department of the Interior
Since 1865
Mines and mineral resources.
Mineral industries.
Imperialism.
Mines > Industrie.
Impérialisme.
mining.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > Native American.
Diplomatic relations
Imperialism
Mineral industries
Mines and mineral resources
United States > Foreign relations > 1865-
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1865-
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The closing of the interior
  • New jewels in the crown of American empire
  • The treasure of the Western hemisphere
  • Unearthing development
  • The bounty of the seas
  • Prospecting the final frontier
  • The wealth of the wastelands.

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