Mining North America : an environmental history since 1522 / edited by J.R. McNeill and George Vrtis.

"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...

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Contributors: McNeill, John Robert (Editor), Vrtis, George (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
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