Mining North America: An Environmental History Since 1522
by John R. McNeill /
2017 / English / PDF, EPUB
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Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have
increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material
and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads,
pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have
become central to North American societies. As this process has
unfolded, mining has also indelibly shaped the natural world and
the human societies within it. Mountains have been honeycombed,
rivers poisoned, forests leveled, and the consequences of these
environmental transformations have fallen unevenly across North
America.
Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have
increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material
and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads,
pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have
become central to North American societies. As this process has
unfolded, mining has also indelibly shaped the natural world and
the human societies within it. Mountains have been honeycombed,
rivers poisoned, forests leveled, and the consequences of these
environmental transformations have fallen unevenly across North
America.
Drawing on the work of scholars from Mexico, the United States,
and Canada,
Drawing on the work of scholars from Mexico, the United States,
and Canada,Mining North America
Mining North America examines these
developments. It covers an array of minerals and geographies
while bringing mining into the core debates that animate North
American environmental history. Taken all together, the essays in
this book make a powerful case for the centrality of mining in
forging North American environments and societies.
examines these
developments. It covers an array of minerals and geographies
while bringing mining into the core debates that animate North
American environmental history. Taken all together, the essays in
this book make a powerful case for the centrality of mining in
forging North American environments and societies.