Mining North America: An Environmental History Since 1522, Paperback

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The history of the twentieth century is most often told through its world wars, the rise and fall of communism, or its economic upheavals. In his s...

DescriptionPresented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The Wo...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first documented discovery of gold in the United States was in 1799 at John Reed's farm in Cabarrus County. This book traces the his...

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In this illustrated history, Alastair Cameron explores the history and heritage of the slate mining industry in the Lake District.

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Gold drew stampeders to Alaska's Innoko river region in 1906, when the town of Ophir was founded. More than 40 years later, the unchanging, governm...

Illustrated by a detailed comparative examination of mining regulations and environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the USA (the second largest pr...

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Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Copper mining is as ubiquitous to the Upper Peninsula of Michi...

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