Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigans Copper Country

Seitenzahl:

328

Gewicht:

680 g

Erschienen bei:

Univ Of Minnesota Pr

Kurzbeschreibung

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.

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Mehr von:  Alison K. Hoagland, Univ Of Minnesota Pr