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Technology on the frontier : mining in old Ontario / Dianne Newell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newell, Dianne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mines and mineral resources--Ontario--History.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Mining engineering--Ontario--History.
- Mining engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book tells about a frontier region in economic transition. Its focus is the successful adoption of new technology to the particular economic and engineering circumstances associated with the newness or frontier nature of Ontario mining to 1890.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Preface
- The Problem
- The Innovations
- The Diffusion Mechanisms
- Upper Great Lakes District
- Southeastern District
- Western Peninsula District
- Technological Change in a New and Developing Country
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Notes:
- Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Western Ontario, 1981) under title: Technological change in a new and developing country.
- Includes bibliography (p. [185]-205) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22636-7
- 9786613226365
- 0-7748-5706-4
- OCLC:
- 243616454
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