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Hollowed ground copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s

Title
Hollowed ground [electronic resource] : copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s / Larry Lankton.
Author
Lankton, Larry D.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 376 p.) : ill., maps.
Series Statement
Great Lakes books
Uniform Title
  • Hollowed ground (Online)
  • Great Lakes books.
Alternative Title
Hollowed ground (Online)
Subject
  • Copper mines and mining > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History
  • Copper mines and mining > Social aspects > History. > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula
  • Community life > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History
  • Mining camps > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History
  • Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > History
  • Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > Social conditions
  • Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > Economic conditions
  • Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > History, Local
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Keweenaw copper : geology, discovery, dreams of wealth -- Getting the copper out : exploration, development, and the tools of production -- Islands of industry in a sea of trees -- Out at the locations : from camps to communities -- The Quincy Mine : taking the long road to success -- The era of Michigan domination : 1865-1890 -- The largest and best copper mine in the world : Calumet and Hecla -- Befitting a copper king : C&H's visible empire -- A far more typical mine : Quincy, 1865-1890 -- Quincy makes itself over : 1890-1912 -- Calumet and Hecla : profits now, problems later -- An important find : the Copper Range mines open the Baltic Lode -- Paternalism revisited : the Baltic, Trimountain, and Champion mines -- Holding on : corporate power in an age of social change, 1890-1912 -- Show them who's boss : the strike of 1913-1914 -- Making the hard turn : from growth to decline -- The Quincy Mine : from struggle to shutdown -- Calumet and Hecla : down with the king -- Copper Range : staying alive -- White Pine : a new mine, a new era -- Something old, something new : the White Pine townsite -- White Pine : no solution -- Legacy.
LCCN
2009047227
OCLC
ssj0000605895
Author
Lankton, Larry D.
Title
Hollowed ground [electronic resource] : copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s / Larry Lankton.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2010.
Series
Great Lakes books
Great Lakes books.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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