Mining the Borderlands: Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910
(Part of the Mining and Society Series)
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, the US-Mexico border was home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced industrial copper mines. This despite being geographically, culturally, and financially far-removed from traditional urban centers of power. Mining the Borderlands argues that this was only possible because of the emergence of mining engineers--a distinct technocratic class of professionals who connected capital, labor,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1943859833
ISBN13:9781943859832
Release Date:October 2018
Publisher:University of Nevada Press
Length:184 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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