Living with Lead - An Environmental History of Idaho's Coeur D'Alenes, 1885-2011 (Paperback)

The Coeur d'Alenes, a twenty-five by ten mile portion of the Idaho Panhandle, is home to one of the most productive mining districts in world history. Historically the globe's richest silver district and also one of the nation's biggest lead and zinc producers, the Coeur d'Alenes' legacy also includes environmental pollution on an epic scale. For decades local waters were fouled with tailings from the mining district's more than one hundred mines and mills and the air surrounding Kellogg, Idaho was laced with lead and other toxic heavy metals issuing from the Bunker Hill Company's smelter. The same industrial processes that damaged the environment and harmed human health, however, also provided economic sustenance to thousands of local residents and a string of proud, working-class communities. Living with Lead endeavors to untangle the costs and benefits of a century of mining, milling, and smelting in a small western city and the region that surrounds it.

General

Imprint:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Intersections: Histories of Environment
Release date:	April 2017
Authors:	Bradley D. Snow
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-8229-6448-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Mining industry Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8229-6448-1
Barcode:	9780822964483

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