Mining North America - An Environmental History since 1522 (Paperback)

Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads, pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have become central to North American societies. As this process has unfolded, mining has also indelibly shaped the natural world and the human societies within it. Mountains have been honeycombed, rivers poisoned, forests leveled, and the consequences of these environmental transformations have fallen unevenly across North America. Drawing on the work of scholars from Mexico, the United States, and Canada, Mining North America examines these developments. It covers an array of minerals and geographies while bringing mining into the core debates that animate North American environmental history. Taken all together, the essays in this book make a powerful case for the centrality of mining in forging North American environments and societies.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	John R. McNeill • George Vrtis
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	456
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-27917-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Economic geology > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-520-27917-4
Barcode:	9780520279179

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