Copper for America: The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s

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Charles K. Hyde

Copper for America

The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s

Charles K. Hyde

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University of Arizona Press
30 March 2016

History of the Americas; Colonialism & imperialism; Mining industry; Iron, steel & metals industries

This comprehensive history of copper mining tells the full story of the industry that produces one of America's most important metals. The first inclusive account of U.S. copper in one volume, Copper for America relates the discovery and development of America's major copper-producing areas—the eastern United States, Tennessee, Michigan, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Alaska—from colonial times to the present. Starting with the predominance of New England and the Middle Atlantic states in the early nineteenth century, Copper for America traces the industry's migration to Michigan in mid-century and to Montana, Arizona, and other western states in the late nineteenth century.

The book also examines the U.S. copper industry's decline in the twentieth century, studying the effects of strong competition from foreign copper industries and unforeseen changes in the national and global copper markets. An extensively documented chronicle of the rise and fall of individual mines, companies, and regions, Copper for America will prove an essential resource for economic and business historians, historians of technology and mining, and western historians.

By: Charles K. Hyde
Imprint: University of Arizona Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 444g
ISBN: 9780816532797
ISBN 10: 0816532796
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 March 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles K. Hyde is a professor of history at Wayne State University, USA, and the author of several books, including Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870, The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes, and Historic Highway Bridges of Michigan.

Reviews for Copper for America: The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s

The story of the twentieth century in the United States cannot be told without copper. . . . In this engaging history of the industry, Charles Hyde tells how copper mining and refinding was transformed from a small, isolated industry into one of the world's largest corporate endeavors. -Montana Magazine