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Thunder In the Mountains

The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21

de Lon Savage ...

Series series Regional
The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air ... Leer más

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The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air
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Downwind

A People's History of the Nuclear West

de Sarah Alisabeth Fox ...

Downwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War.Sarah Alisabeth Fox interviews residents of the Great Basin region affected by environmental contamination from the uranium industry and nuclear ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Downwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War.Sarah Alisabeth Fox interviews residents of the Great Basin region affected by environmental contamination from the uranium industry and nuclear
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Poor Man's Fortune

White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950

de Jarod Roll ...

White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the ... Leer más

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White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the
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Fire and Brimstone

The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

de Michael Punke ...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant—the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio—tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.A half-hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant—the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio—tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.A half-hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed
... Leer más
Volt Rush

The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green

de Henry Sanderson ...

'A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.' Bill McKibben, Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

'A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.' Bill McKibben, Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to
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Poor Man's Fortune

White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950

de Jarod Roll ...

White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the ... Leer más

Gratis

White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the
... Leer más
Diamonds, Gold, and War

The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

de Martin Meredith ...

Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and
... Leer más
Big Data

A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

de Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier ...

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to
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Mining is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining

Why Critical Minerals and Strategic Power Will Define the Next Global Order

de Zamanillo A. Eduardo, Marta A. Rivera ...

Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical MiningThe age of traditional mining has ended. Critical minerals-copper, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and more-are no longer just commodities. They are the hidden architecture of global power, deciding who leads in technology, defense, finance, and diplomacy.This book maps how minerals moved from the margins of industry to the center of geopolitics. With ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical MiningThe age of traditional mining has ended. Critical minerals-copper, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and more-are no longer just commodities. They are the hidden architecture of global power, deciding who leads in technology, defense, finance, and diplomacy.This book maps how minerals moved from the margins of industry to the center of geopolitics. With
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The City That Ate Itself

Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit

de Brian James Leech ...

Series Libro 1 - Mining and Society Series
Winner of the Mining History Association Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History, 2017-2018Brian James Leech provides a social and environmental history of Butte, Montana’s Berkeley Pit, an open-pit mine which operated from 1955 to 1982. Using oral history interviews and archival finds, The City That Ate Itself explores the lived experience of open-pit copper mining at Butte’s ... Leer más

$21.59 USD

Winner of the Mining History Association Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History, 2017-2018Brian James Leech provides a social and environmental history of Butte, Montana’s Berkeley Pit, an open-pit mine which operated from 1955 to 1982. Using oral history interviews and archival finds, The City That Ate Itself explores the lived experience of open-pit copper mining at Butte’s
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Vivos bajo tierra (Buried Alive)

La historia verdadera de los 33 mineros chilenos (The True Story of the 33 Chilean Miners)

de Manuel Pino Toro ...

Estuvieron 69 días atrapados bajo tierra en pleno desierto de Atacama, Chile. Las primeras semanas sobrevivieron con apenas dos cucharadas de atún cada 48 horas, soportando el calor endemoniado de una mina de cobre y oro que tras un derrumbe de rocas gigantes, los mantuvo soterrados 69 días, a casi 700 metros de profundidad. Pese a la gravedad de la tragedia, los 33 mineros de Atacama, ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Estuvieron 69 días atrapados bajo tierra en pleno desierto de Atacama, Chile. Las primeras semanas sobrevivieron con apenas dos cucharadas de atún cada 48 horas, soportando el calor endemoniado de una mina de cobre y oro que tras un derrumbe de rocas gigantes, los mantuvo soterrados 69 días, a casi 700 metros de profundidad. Pese a la gravedad de la tragedia, los 33 mineros de Atacama,
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Managing Our World

GIS for Natural Resources

Edición de Geoff Wade, Matt Artz ...

Series Libro 13 - Applying GIS
Discover The Geographic Approach to managing natural resources for efficiency and sustainability.Managing Our World: GIS for Natural Resources explores a collection of real-life stories about agriculture, forestry, mining, energy, pipeline, and renewable energy organizations successfully using GIS to streamline workflows, gain competitive insight, improve sustainability efforts, and more.Learn how ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Discover The Geographic Approach to managing natural resources for efficiency and sustainability.Managing Our World: GIS for Natural Resources explores a collection of real-life stories about agriculture, forestry, mining, energy, pipeline, and renewable energy organizations successfully using GIS to streamline workflows, gain competitive insight, improve sustainability efforts, and more.Learn how
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Diamond Drilling

de Lajos Kovacsik ...

Welcome to "Unlocking the Depths - The Definitive Guide to Diamond Drilling!" This book is a comprehensive and authoritative resource that delves deep into the fascinating world of diamond drilling, providing invaluable insights, techniques, and best practices for professionals and enthusiasts alike.Diamond drilling, with its ability to penetrate the Earth's crust and extract core samples from ... Leer más

$20.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Welcome to "Unlocking the Depths - The Definitive Guide to Diamond Drilling!" This book is a comprehensive and authoritative resource that delves deep into the fascinating world of diamond drilling, providing invaluable insights, techniques, and best practices for professionals and enthusiasts alike.Diamond drilling, with its ability to penetrate the Earth's crust and extract core samples from
... Leer más
Mining is the Future

Three-Step Process to Achieve Sustainability in Mining

de Alp Bora ...

Metals and minerals are all around us in our everyday lives. They’re used in everything from cars and kitchen appliances to smartphones and complex medical equipment. These natural resources are also integral to many forms of renewable energy. Mining is part of our transition to a clean future. As we expand the use of clean energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, the demand for metals ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Metals and minerals are all around us in our everyday lives. They’re used in everything from cars and kitchen appliances to smartphones and complex medical equipment. These natural resources are also integral to many forms of renewable energy. Mining is part of our transition to a clean future. As we expand the use of clean energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, the demand for metals
... Leer más
The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush

de Pierre Berton ...

This thrilling story of the Klondike Gold Rush is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Some of the anecdotes of the last great gold rush have been told by others, but Pierre Berton is the first to distill the Klondike experience into a single, complete, coherent and immensely dramatic narrative. He spent 12 years in Dawson City researching the work. The entire tale has an epic ... Leer más

$0.99 USD

This thrilling story of the Klondike Gold Rush is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Some of the anecdotes of the last great gold rush have been told by others, but Pierre Berton is the first to distill the Klondike experience into a single, complete, coherent and immensely dramatic narrative. He spent 12 years in Dawson City researching the work. The entire tale has an epic
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The Denniston Rose

de Jenny Pattrick ...

Series series Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics
A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community.The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of this novel - the1880s - the only way to reach the makeshift collection of huts, tents and saloons is to climb aboard an empty ... Leer más

$10.59 USD

A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community.The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of this novel - the1880s - the only way to reach the makeshift collection of huts, tents and saloons is to climb aboard an empty
... Leer más
After The Boom In Tombstone And Jerome, Arizona

Decline In Western Resource Towns

de Eric L. Clements ...

Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
Focusing on two Arizona towns that had their origins in mining bonanzas—Tombstone and Jerome—historian Eric L. Clements offers a rare study dissecting the process of bust itself—the reasons and manners in which these towns declined as the mining booms ended. Tombstone was the site of one of the great silver bonanzas of the nineteenth century, a boom that started in the late 1870s and was over by ... Leer más

$25.19 USD

Focusing on two Arizona towns that had their origins in mining bonanzas—Tombstone and Jerome—historian Eric L. Clements offers a rare study dissecting the process of bust itself—the reasons and manners in which these towns declined as the mining booms ended. Tombstone was the site of one of the great silver bonanzas of the nineteenth century, a boom that started in the late 1870s and was over by
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Modern Copper Smelting

Enriched edition. Exploring the Innovations and Impact of Copper Smelting in Industry and Technology

de Donald M. Levy, Lauren Ashfield ...

In "Modern Copper Smelting," Donald M. Levy meticulously examines the intricacies of contemporary techniques used in the copper smelting industry. Combining detailed technical analysis with accessible prose, Levy explores key processes such as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, emphasizing efficiency and environmental considerations. The work situates itself within the broader context of ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In "Modern Copper Smelting," Donald M. Levy meticulously examines the intricacies of contemporary techniques used in the copper smelting industry. Combining detailed technical analysis with accessible prose, Levy explores key processes such as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, emphasizing efficiency and environmental considerations. The work situates itself within the broader context of
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Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900–1980

de Brian Elliott ...

Series series Images of the Past
"These haunting images, with well-researched facts, figures and timelines providing context, bring the bygone era of 20th-century coal mining to life."— Family TreeAlthough everyday fatalities in mines was far greater, it was the disasters that encouraged those in power to reform the way in which miners had to work underground, especially with regard to safety. And it would be no exaggeration to ... Leer más

$9.89 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"These haunting images, with well-researched facts, figures and timelines providing context, bring the bygone era of 20th-century coal mining to life."— Family TreeAlthough everyday fatalities in mines was far greater, it was the disasters that encouraged those in power to reform the way in which miners had to work underground, especially with regard to safety. And it would be no exaggeration to
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Treasure Hill

Portrait Of A Silver Mining Camp

de W. Turrentine Jackson ...

In 1868, the discovery of an exceptionally rich silver ore on Treasure Hill in eastern Nevada led to an intense but short-lived boom. The White Pine Mining District was quickly organized, and in time a new Nevada county was created with that name. The boom lasted only two seasons, but dogged investors, mostly British, spent more than twenty years pursuing the dream of making White Pine a ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

In 1868, the discovery of an exceptionally rich silver ore on Treasure Hill in eastern Nevada led to an intense but short-lived boom. The White Pine Mining District was quickly organized, and in time a new Nevada county was created with that name. The boom lasted only two seasons, but dogged investors, mostly British, spent more than twenty years pursuing the dream of making White Pine a
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Black Gold

The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal

de Bob Wyss ...

Coal's central role in America's history and its ongoing threats in the climate crisis.For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution, powered railroads, and built ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

Coal's central role in America's history and its ongoing threats in the climate crisis.For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution, powered railroads, and built
... Leer más
The Business of Mining

Mineral Deposits, Exploration and Ore-Reserve Estimation (Volume 3)

de Ifan Odwyn Jones, Mehrooz Aspandiar, Allison Dugdale, Neal Leggo ...

Series series The Business of Mining
The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books provides readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available for assessing the economic viability of prospective mines. Each volume has a discrete focus. This third volume commences with "Our Earth, its Minerals and Ore Bodies", followed by a review of mineral exploration and sampling of mineral deposits. It ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books provides readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available for assessing the economic viability of prospective mines. Each volume has a discrete focus. This third volume commences with "Our Earth, its Minerals and Ore Bodies", followed by a review of mineral exploration and sampling of mineral deposits. It
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Gold: Greed, innovations, daring and wealth

de Jill Blee ...

Since ancient times gold has exerted a powerful fascination for humankind. Symbol of wealth and riches, it has influenced the rise and fall of empires and changed the course of history. In Australia, its discovery sparked frenzied gold rushes that opened up large parts of the land to settlement, transformed Melbourne and Sydney from colonial outposts into two of the worlds most vibrant cities, and ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Since ancient times gold has exerted a powerful fascination for humankind. Symbol of wealth and riches, it has influenced the rise and fall of empires and changed the course of history. In Australia, its discovery sparked frenzied gold rushes that opened up large parts of the land to settlement, transformed Melbourne and Sydney from colonial outposts into two of the worlds most vibrant cities, and
... Leer más
Mercury and the Making of California

Mining, Landscape, and Race, 1840–1890

de Andrew Scott Johnston ...

Series series Mining the American West
Mercury and the Making of California, Andrew Johnston’s multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California’s mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West.Gold and silver could not be refined without mercury; therefore, its production and use were vital to securing power and wealth in ... Leer más

$29.49 USD

Mercury and the Making of California, Andrew Johnston’s multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California’s mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West.Gold and silver could not be refined without mercury; therefore, its production and use were vital to securing power and wealth in
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