The Florida Phosphate Industry: A History of the Development and Use of a Vital Mineral

by Arch Fredric Blakey

"For every problem there is a solution--simple, neat, and wrong." H. L. Mencken made this observation years ago, and it is quoted at the beginning of Fred Blakey's study of Florida's phosphate industry. Few people would disagree that there is a real environmental crisis facing the world today. The cause is unrestrained growth of the population, of economies, and of the exploitation of natural resources. The author points out that this viewpoint is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674306708
• ISBN13: 9780674306707
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.