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

• Autore: Morin Bode J
• Pubblicazione: Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.2/7430973
• Soggetto topico: Copper industry and trade - Michigan - Keweenaw Peninusla - History; Copper industry and trade - Montana - History; Copper industry and trade - Tennessee - Ducktown - History; Copper mines and mining - Environmental aspects - United States; Environmental policy - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The historic roots of copper production and smelter pollution -- The American system : a technological context -- Ducktown -- Montana -- Quincy smelter.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The legacy of American copper smelting
• ISBN: 1-57233-986-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463586503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II