03146nam a2200373 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002900112020002700141040002100168035002100189043001200210050002300222082002600245100002000271245012400291260005200415300003700467440002900504504005100533520158400584533015202168650004002320650004102360650008702401650008702488650002502575655002902600710001702629856012602646ebr10734049CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||130502s2013    couabc  sb   s001 0 eng d  z  2013012681  z9781607322344 (hardback)  z9781607322351 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)853549077  an-us---14aTN623b.C87 2013eb04a338.2/740973090342231 aCurtis, Kent A.10aGambling on oreh[electronic resource] :bthe nature of metal mining in the United States, 1860-1910 /cKent A. Curtis.  aBoulder :bUniversity Press of Colorado,c2013.  axv, 232 p. :bill., maps, ports. 0aMining the American West  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aMetallurgyzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aMetal tradezUnited StatesxHistory. 0aMines and mineral resourcesxSocial aspectszUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aMines and mineral resourcesxSocial aspectszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aOreszUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10734049zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view