Santa Rita Del Cobre: A Copper Mining Community in New Mexico - Couverture rigide

Huggard, Christopher J.; Humble, Terrence M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1607321521 ISBN 13 : 9781607321521

Editeur : University Press of Colorado, 2012

Synopsis

The Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans successively mined copper for 200 years at Santa Rita, New Mexico. Starting in 1799 with the Spanish discovery of native copper, the Chino Mines followed industry developments first as a network of underground mines and ultimately as part of the multinational Kennecott Copper Corporation's international open-pit mining operations -- operations that would overtake Santa Rita, the town that grew up around them, by 1970. Huggard and Humble detail the story of these developments, with in-depth explanations of mining technology, and describe the effects on and consequences for the workers, the community, and the natural environment. Evolving from mining-military camp to presidio, to company town, and eventually to independent community, Santa Rita developed rich family, educational, religious, social, and labour traditions before its demise. Extensive archival photographs, many taken by officials of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, accompany the text, providing an important visual and historical record of a town swallowed up by the industry that created it. The book is for students, scholars, and laypersons interested in mining history, mining technology, Western history, Chicano studies, regional history of the Southwest, labour history, or environmental studies.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Santa Rita Del Cobre is a fine portrait of a mining community, a book that will become a cornerstone for locals who wish to recall their lost town, and others who wish to study its history. There is much here for business, labor, and social historians --Erik Eklund, Enterprise & Society

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Colorado
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1607321521
• ISBN 13: 9781607321521
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible