Mining and Society Series
Series Editor: Eric Nystrom (Arizona State University)
Our world is a mined world, as the bumper sticker phrase “If it isn’t grown, it has to be mined” reminds us. Attempting to understand the material basis of our modern culture requires an understanding of those materials in their raw state and the human effort needed to wrest them from the earth and transform them into goods. Mining thus stands at the center of important historical and contemporary questions about labor, environment, race, culture, and technology, which makes it a fruitful perspective from which to pursue meaningful inquiry at scales from local to global. Books published in the series examine the effects of mining on society in the broadest sense. The series covers all forms of mining in all places and times, building from existing press strengths in mining in the American West to encompass comparative, transnational, and international topics. By not limiting its geographic scope to a single region or product, the series helps scholars forge connections between mining practices and individual sites, moving toward broader analyses of the global mining industry in its full historical and global context.Showing results 1-7 of 7
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Underground Leviathan
Corporate Sovereignty and Mining in the Americas
ISBN: 9781647791360
Pub Date: 25 June 2024
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
Underground Leviathan explores the emergence, dynamics, and effects of the United States Company, and how its mining operations shaped the business, environmental, political, and scientific landscape...
The Weight of Gold
Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929
ISBN: 9781647791049
Pub Date: 6 June 2023
Format: Hardcover
268 Pages
Mining in North America has long been criticized for its impact on the natural environment. Mica Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold explores the history of Ontario, Canada’s rise to prominence in the...
One Shot for Gold
Developing a Modern Mine in Northern California
ISBN: 9781647790066
Pub Date: 4 May 2021
Format: Hardcover
288 Pages
Winner of the 2023 Clark Spence Award from the Mining History Association!An account of the creation of a modern, environmentally sensitive mine as told by the people who developed and worked it. In...
The City That Ate Itself
Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit
ISBN: 9781948908290
Pub Date: 31 January 2019
Format: Paperback
376 Pages
A social and environmental history of Butte’s infamous Berkeley Pit.
Mining the Borderlands
Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910
ISBN: 9781943859832
Pub Date: 1 October 2018
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
A significant examination of the key mining professionals who transformed the US-Mexico borderlands
Seeing Underground
Maps, Models, and Mining Engineering in America
ISBN: 9780874170078
Pub Date: 11 October 2016
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
How developing a visual culture changed the industry of mining
Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District
Under the Nevada Giant
ISBN: 9781943859221
Pub Date: 15 November 2016
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
An archaeology project unearths the details of daily life in a western mining community
Underground Leviathan
Corporate Sovereignty and Mining in the Americas
ISBN: 9781647791360
Pub Date: 25 June 2024
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
Underground Leviathan explores the emergence, dynamics, and effects of the United States Company, and how its mining operations shaped the business, environmental, political, and scientific landscape...
The Weight of Gold
Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929
ISBN: 9781647791049
Pub Date: 6 June 2023
Format: Hardcover
268 Pages
Mining in North America has long been criticized for its impact on the natural environment. Mica Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold explores the history of Ontario, Canada’s rise to prominence in the...
One Shot for Gold
Developing a Modern Mine in Northern California
ISBN: 9781647790066
Pub Date: 4 May 2021
Format: Hardcover
288 Pages
Winner of the 2023 Clark Spence Award from the Mining History Association!An account of the creation of a modern, environmentally sensitive mine as told by the people who developed and worked it. In...
The City That Ate Itself
Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit
ISBN: 9781948908290
Pub Date: 31 January 2019
Format: Paperback
376 Pages
A social and environmental history of Butte’s infamous Berkeley Pit.
Mining the Borderlands
Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910
ISBN: 9781943859832
Pub Date: 1 October 2018
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
A significant examination of the key mining professionals who transformed the US-Mexico borderlands
Seeing Underground
Maps, Models, and Mining Engineering in America
ISBN: 9780874170078
Pub Date: 11 October 2016
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
How developing a visual culture changed the industry of mining
Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District
Under the Nevada Giant
ISBN: 9781943859221
Pub Date: 15 November 2016
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
An archaeology project unearths the details of daily life in a western mining community