Mining the Borderlands: Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910

by Sarah E M Grossman

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the US-Mexico border was home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced industrial copper mines. This despite being geographically, culturally, and financially far-removed from traditional urban centers of power. Mining the Borderlands argues that this was only possible because of the emergence of mining engineers--a distinct technocratic class of professionals who connected capital, labor,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943859833
• ISBN13: 9781943859832
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"