000713365 000__ 03089cam\a2200385\a\4500 000713365 001__ 713365 000713365 005__ 20210515101515.0 000713365 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000713365 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000713365 008__ 130502s2013\\\\couabc\\ob\\\s001\0\eng\d 000713365 010__ $$z 2013012681 000713365 020__ $$z9781607322344$$qhardcover 000713365 020__ $$a9781607322351$$qelectronic book 000713365 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10734049 000713365 035__ $$a(OCoLC)853549077 000713365 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000713365 043__ $$an-us--- 000713365 05014 $$aTN623$$b.C87 2013eb 000713365 08204 $$a338.2/74097309034$$223 000713365 1001_ $$aCurtis, Kent A. 000713365 24510 $$aGambling on ore$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe nature of metal mining in the United States, 1860-1910 /$$cKent A. Curtis. 000713365 260__ $$aBoulder :$$bUniversity Press of Colorado,$$c2013. 000713365 300__ $$axv, 232 p. :$$bill., maps, ports. 000713365 440_0 $$aMining the American West 000713365 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000713365 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000713365 520__ $$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. "--$$cProvided by publisher. 000713365 650_0 $$aMetallurgy$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000713365 650_0 $$aMetal trade$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000713365 650_0 $$aMines and mineral resources$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000713365 650_0 $$aMines and mineral resources$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000713365 650_0 $$aOres$$zUnited States. 000713365 852__ $$bebk 000713365 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10734049$$zOnline Access 000713365 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:713365$$pGLOBAL_SET 000713365 980__ $$aEBOOK 000713365 980__ $$aBIB 000713365 982__ $$aEbook 000713365 983__ $$aOnline