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Mining America : The Industry and the Environment, 1800-1980, Paperback / softback Book

Mining America : The Industry and the Environment, 1800-1980 Paperback / softback

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Throughout the nineteenth century, miners were given virtually free rein to profit without having to worry about impacts to the land, water, and air.

But during the twentieth century, the mining industry has evidenced serious concerns about its effects on the environment.

Since the 1960s, mining and its consequences have become heated issues of public debate and legislative reform.

By the mid-1970s, a number of industry hard-liners were still clinging to nineteenth-century values, but many more were accepting the legacy of mining's past and were beginning to integrate preservation and reclamation into their plans. 'Mining America" is a vivid account of the damage wrought by almost two centuries of mining, but its main focus is on the conflicting attitudes behind the destruction and on society's responses.

Veteran author and historian Duane Smith asserts that the marriage of mining and environmental issues was bound to touch America's sensitive pocketbook nerve -- but the question now is, are all groups willing to pay the price?

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