Main Title |
Boom, bust, boom : a story about copper, the metal that runs the world / |
Author |
Carter, Bill,
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Publisher |
Scribner, |
Year Published |
2012 |
OCLC Number |
779265865 |
ISBN |
9781439136447; 1439136440 |
Subjects |
Copper mines and mining--Environmental aspects ;
Copper mines and mining--History ;
Copper mines and mining--Arizona ;
Copper mines and mining--Indonesia ;
Copper miners--Mexico--Sonora (State) ;
Mineral industries--Environmental aspects ;
Metal trade--Great Britain
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ESAM |
TN441.C37 2012 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
07/29/2013 |
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Edition |
1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
Collation |
ix, 274 p. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-260) and index. |
Contents Notes |
"Starting in his own backyard in the old mining town of Bisbee, Arizona -- where he discovers that the dirt in his garden contains double the acceptable level of arsenic -- Bill Carter follows the story of copper to the controversial Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia; to the 'ring' at the London Metal Exchange, where a select group of traders buy and sell enormous amounts of the metal; and to an Alaskan salmon run threated by mining. Boom, Bust, Boom is a highly readable account -- part social history, part mining-town exploration, and part environmental investigation. Carter blends the personal and the international in a narrative that helps us understand the paradoxical relationship we have with a substance whose necessity to civilization costs the environment and the people who mine it dearly." -- Rear jacket flap. Tainted vegetables -- Bisbee, Arizona -- The beginnings -- Company town -- Cananea -- Copper, inc. -- The ring -- Pebble mine -- Which side are you on? -- $300 billion vs. a fish -- Superior -- A miner's friend -- The chairman -- Prospector -- Freeport-McMoRan -- Cyanide Cynthia -- The new Old World -- This old town. |
Place Published |
New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
2012 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2012289257 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20130725180835 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02948cam 2200457Ia 45020 |