Hard places : reading the landscape of America's historic mining districts /

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Author / Creator:	Francaviglia, Richard V.
Edition:	[Pbk. ed., 1997].
Imprint:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1997, 1991.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 257 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	The American land and life series American land and life series.
Subject:	Mines and mineral resources -- United States -- History. Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History. Human ecology -- United States -- History. Human ecology. Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects. Mines and mineral resources. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11108119

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ISBN:	1587290707 9781587290701 0877453373 0877456097
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Working with the premise that there are much meaning and value in the "repelling beauty" of mining landscapes, Richard Francaviglia identifies the visual clues that indicate an area has been mined and tells us how to read them, showing the interconnections among all of America's major mining districts. With a style as bold as the landscape he reads and with photographs to match, he interprets the major forces that have shaped the architecture, design, and topography of mining areas. Covering many different types of mining and mining locations, he concludes that mining landsca.
Other form:	Print version: Francaviglia, Richard V. Hard places. [Pbk. ed., 1997]. Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 1997, 1991 0877453373

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