Mining California : an ecological history / Andrew C. Isenberg.

Author/creator Isenberg, Andrew C.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Hill and Wang, 2005.
Description242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents The political economy of California industrialization -- The alchemy of hydraulic mining : technology, law, and resource-intensive industrialization -- Banking on Sacramento : urban development, flood control, and political legitimization -- Capitalizing on nature : innovation and production in the redwood forests -- Gambling on the grassland : kinship, capital, and ecology in Southern California -- The enclosure of the plateau : land and labor in the high lake country -- Epilogue : economic development and the California environment.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.
LCCN 2004025564
ISBN0809095351 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780809095353

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