Anaconda: Labor, Community, and Culture in Montana's Smelter City

by Laurie Mercier

Book Overview

Laurie Mercier's look at "community unionism" examines the distinctive culture of cooperation and activism fostered by residents in Anaconda, Montana, home to the world's largest copper smelter and the namesake of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.

Mercier depicts the vibrant life of the smelter city at full steam, incorporating the candid commentary of the locals ("the company furnished three pair of leather gloves . . . and all the arsenic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069889
• ISBN13: 9780252069888
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"