Mass destruction : the men and giant mines that wired America and scarred the planet / Timothy J. LeCain.
LeCain, Timothy J., 1960-
2009
TN443.A5 L43 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Mass destruction : the men and giant mines that wired America and scarred the planet / Timothy J. LeCain.
Author LeCain, Timothy J., 1960-
ISBN 9780813545295 (alk. paper)
0813545293 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xii, 273 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number TN443.A5 L43 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.2/7430978
Summary From the Publisher: Mass Destruction is the compelling story of Daniel Jackling and the development of open-pit hard rock mining, its role in the wiring of an electrified America, and its devastating environmental effects. This new method of mining, complimenting the mass production and mass consumption that came to define the "American way of life"in the early twentieth century, promised infinite supplies of copper and other natural resources. LeCain deftly analyzes how open-pit mining continues to adversely effect the environment and how, as the world begins to rival American resource consumption, no viable alternatives have emerged.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Acknowledgments
1: In the lands of mass destruction
2: Between the heavens and the earth
3: Stack
4: Pit
5: Dead zones
Epilogue: From New Delhi to the New West
Notes
Index.

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