Living with Lead: An Environmental History of Idaho's Coeur d'Alenes, 1885-2011
(Part of the Intersections: Histories of Environment, Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene Series)
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The Coeur d'Alenes, a twenty-five by ten mile portion of the Idaho Panhandle, is home to one of the most productive mining districts in world history. Historically the globe's richest silver district and also one of the nation's biggest lead and zinc producers, the Coeur d'Alenes' legacy also includes environmental pollution on an epic scale. For decades local waters were fouled with tailings from the mining district's more than one hundred mines...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822964481
ISBN13:9780822964483
Release Date:April 2017
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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