Tell your friends about this item:
Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigan's Copper Country Alison K. Hoagland
Ordered from remote warehouse
Our customers say:
Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigan's Copper Country
Alison K. Hoagland
During the nineteenth century, the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan was the site of Americas first mineral land rush as companies hastened to profit from the regions vast copper deposits. In order to lure workers to such a remote locationand work long hours in dangerous conditionscompanies offered not just competitive wages but also helped provide the very infrastructure of town life in the form of affordable housing, schools, health-care facilities, and churches.
328 pages, 115 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 30, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780816665679 |
| Publishers | University of Minnesota Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 285 × 181 × 22 mm · 680 g |
| Language | English |
Mere med samme udgiver
See all of Alison K. Hoagland ( e.g. Hardcover Book , Paperback Book and Book )