Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigans Copper Country
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During the nineteenth century, the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan was the site of America's first mineral land rush as companies hastened to profit from the region's vast copper deposits. In order to lure workers to such a remote location--and work long hours in dangerous conditions--companies offered not just competitive wages but also helped provide the very infrastructure of town life in the form of affordable housing, schools, health-care...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816665672
ISBN13:9780816665679
Release Date:April 2010
Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
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