The legacy of American copper smelting : industrial heritage versus environmental policy / Bode J. Morin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morin, Bode J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copper industry and trade--Michigan--Keweenaw Peninusla--History.

Copper industry and trade.

Copper industry and trade--Montana--History.

Copper industry and trade--Tennessee--Ducktown--History.

Copper mines and mining--Environmental aspects--United States.

Copper mines and mining.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout world history, copper has been a significant metal for a vast number of cultures, from the oldest civilizations on record to the Bronze Age and Greek and Roman antiquity. Though replaced by iron as the primary metal for tools and weapons in ancient civilizations, copper found new resurgence in the nineteenth century when it was discovered to have particularly high thermal and electrical conductivity. Copper mining quickly escalated into a large-scale industry, and because of its vast reserves and innovative mining techniques, the United States seized the reins of global pr

Contents:

The historic roots of copper production and smelter pollution

The American system : a technological context

Ducktown

Montana

Quincy smelter.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572339866

1572339861

OCLC:

849928888