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020			_a9781607322351
020			_a1607322358
020			_z9781607322344 (hardback)
020			_z160732234X
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aTN623 _b.C87 2013
082	0	0	_a338.2/74097309034 _223
100	1		_aCurtis, Kent A.
245	1	0	_aGambling on ore _h[electronic resource] : _bthe nature of metal mining in the United States, 1860-1910 / _cKent A. Curtis.
260			_aBoulder : _bUniversity Press of Colorado, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
490	0		_aMining the American West
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Gambling on Ore examines the development of the western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush to the elevation of large-scale copper mining in the early twentieth century, using Montana as representative of mining developments in the broader US mining west. Employing abundant new historical evidence in key primary and secondary sources, Curtis tells the story of the inescapable relationship of mining to nature in the modern world as the United States moved from a primarily agricultural society to a mining nation in the second half of the nineteenth century. In Montana, legal issues and politics--such as unexpected consequences of federal mining law and the electrification of the United States--further complicated the mining industry's already complex relationship to geology, while government policy, legal frameworks, dominant understandings of nature, and the exigencies of profit and production drove the industry in momentous and surprising directions. Despite its many uncertainties, mining became an important part of American culture and daily life. Gambling on Ore unpacks the tangled relationships between mining and the natural world that gave material possibility to the age of electricity. Metal mining has had a profound influence on the human ecology and the social relationships of North America through the twentieth century and throughout the world after World War II. Understanding how we forged these relationships is central to understanding the environmental history of the United States after 1850. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY). _2bisacsh
650		0	_aOres _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMines and mineral resources _xSocial aspects _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aMines and mineral resources _xSocial aspects _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aMetal trade _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aMetallurgy _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781607322351/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33016 _d33016