Mica Jorgenson

Gebundenes Buch

The Weight of Gold

Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929

Beschreibung

"The Weight of Gold tells the story of the rise of Canadian gold mining and its environmental consequences in the Abitibi region of northern Ontario in the early twentieth century. It connects Canadian gold mining to its international context and demonstrates how mining companies redistribute the harms associated with extraction to nearby communities"--

Autor

Mica Jorgenson, PhD, is an environmental historian specializing in natural resource history, especially gold mining and forestry. She has held postdoctoral positions at the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship in Canada and as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Stavanger in Norway.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781647791049
• ISBN-10: 1647791049
• Artikelnr.: 66225935