The legacy of American copper smelting : industrial heritage versus environmental policy /

Throughout world history, copper has been a significant metal for a vast number of cultures, from the oldest civilizations on record to the Bronze Age and Greek and Roman antiquity. Though replaced by iron as the primary metal for tools and weapons in ancient civilizations, copper found new resurgen...

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Hlavní autor: Morin, Bode J.
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2013]
Vydání:1st ed.
Edice:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=595976
Obsah:
  • The historic roots of copper production and smelter pollution
  • The American system : a technological context
  • Ducktown
  • Montana
  • Quincy smelter.