Mining In World History
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Mining In World History
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Author : Martin Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2004-08-02
Mining In World History written by Martin Lynch and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-02 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the USA and South Africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th century. In an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.
Mining An International History
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Author : John Temple
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Mining An International History written by John Temple and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Mineral industries categories.
Mining North America
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Author : John R. McNeill
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-07-03
Mining North America written by John R. McNeill and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-03 with History categories.
"Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly turned to mining to produce many of their basic social and cultural objects. From cell phones to cars and roadways, metal pots to wall tile and even talcum powder, minerals products have become central to modern North American life. As this process has unfolded, mining has also indelibly shaped the natural world and North Americans' relationship with it. Mountains have been honeycombed, rivers poisoned, and forests leveled. The effects of these environmental transformations have fallen unevenly across North American societies. Mining North America examines these developments. Drawing on the work of scholars from Mexico, the United States, and Canada, this book explores how mining has shaped North America over the last half millennium. It covers an array of minerals and geographies while seeking to draw mining into the core debates that animate North American environmental history generally. Taken together, the authors' contributions make a powerful case for the centrality of mining in forging North American environments and societies"--Provided by publisher.
A History Of Mining In Latin America
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Author : Kendall W. Brown
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2012-03-16
A History Of Mining In Latin America written by Kendall W. Brown and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-16 with History categories.
For twenty-five years, Kendall Brown studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. He read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolized fabulous wealth and unbelievable suffering. New World bullion stimulated the formation of the first world economy but at the same time it had profound consequences for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms of coercion to secure workers. In many cases the environment also suffered devastating harm. All of this occurred in the name of wealth for individual entrepreneurs, companies, and the ruling states. Yet the question remains of how much economic development mining managed to produce in Latin America and what were its social and ecological consequences. Brown's focus on the legendary mines at Potosí and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in Latin America is a well-written and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present.
A Global History Of Gold Rushes
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Author : Benjamin Mountford
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2018-10-16
A Global History Of Gold Rushes written by Benjamin Mountford and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with History categories.
Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Between the discovery of California placer gold in 1848 and the rush to Alaska fifty years later, the search for the precious yellow metal accelerated worldwide circulations of people, goods, capital, and technologies. A Global History of Gold Rushes brings together historians of the United States, Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific World to tell the rich story of these nineteenth century gold rushes from a global perspective. Gold was central to the growth of capitalism: it whetted the appetites of empire builders, mobilized the integration of global markets and economies, profoundly affected the environment, and transformed large-scale migration patterns. Together these essays tell the story of fifty years that changed the world.
Making Sense Of Mining History
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Author : Stefan Berger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-09-30
Making Sense Of Mining History written by Stefan Berger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-30 with History categories.
This book draws together international contributors to analyse a wide range of aspects of mining history across the globe including mining archaeology, technologies of mining, migration and mining, the everyday life of the miner, the state and mining, industrial relations in mining, gender and mining, environment and mining, mining accidents, the visual history of mining, and mining heritage. The result is a counter balance to more common national and regional case study perspectives.
A History Of American Mining
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Author : Thomas Arthur Rickard
language : en
Publisher: New York McGraw-Hill 1932.
Release Date : 1932
A History Of American Mining written by Thomas Arthur Rickard and has been published by New York McGraw-Hill 1932. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Mines and mineral resources categories.
Miners And The State In The Ottoman Empire
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Author : Donald Quataert
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2006
Miners And The State In The Ottoman Empire written by Donald Quataert and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Table of Contents 1 Introduction and historiographical essay 1 2 The Ottoman coal coast 20 3 Coal miners at work : jobs, recruitment, and wages 52 4 "Like slaves in colonial countries" : working conditions in the coalfield 80 5 Ties that bind : village-mine relations 95 6 Military duty and mine work : the blurred vocations of Ottoman soldier-workers 129 7 Methane, rockfalls, and other disasters : accidents at the mines 150 8 Victims and agents : confronting death and safety in the mines 184 9 Wartime in the coalfield 206 10 Conclusion 227 Appendix on the reporting of accidents 235.
International Competition And Industrial Change
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Author : Charles Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-04
International Competition And Industrial Change written by Charles Harvey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with Business & Economics categories.
First Published in 1990. This collection of essays is intended shed light upon key issues in the history of mining and metallurgy: issues such as investment and organisation; professionalisation; the impact of technological change; and the problematic relationship between mineral wealth and sustained economic development.
The Rush That Never Ended
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Author : Geoffrey Blainey
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2013-05-24
The Rush That Never Ended written by Geoffrey Blainey and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-24 with History categories.
Forget about Ned Kelly and the bushrangers: for my money if you want a really romantic and exciting saga of Australia, take a look at our mining history. It’s a turbulent, dramatic story with enough material for a bookshelf full of best-sellers ... a saga of tough men, iron-nerved gamblers, violence, death and glittering riches set against the backdrop of some of the most awful country on earth. And never has the story been better told than by Geoffrey Blainey.—Trevor Sykes Australia is one of the world’s great sources of mineral treasure. Out of the ground, on land and at sea, has come wealth to create a host of lucrative industries. Our landscape is littered with mines bearing evocative names like Rum Jungle, Noble’s Nob, Broad Arrow and Siberia, and stories abound of fortunes won and lost. The Rush That Never Ended tells the story of these mineral discoveries, describes the giants of Australia’s mining history and records the tremendous influence that mining has had on Australia’s attitudes to unionism, religion, law and politics. The first edition of The Rush That Never Ended was a publishing sensation. It stayed on the best-seller lists for several months, and won the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society. Reviewers described it as ‘a compelling book’, ‘readable and exciting history’, ‘full of anecdotes and unforgettable characters’. This classic history of Australian mining now appears in its fifth edition, updated to bring the story up to the twenty-first century.