Beyond the Boundaries: Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, 1840-1875

Beyond the Boundaries: Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, 1840-1875

1997 | 288 | ISBN: 0195108043 | PDF | 19 Mb

Spanning the years 1840-1875, Beyond the Boundaries focuses on the settlement of Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, telling the story of reluctant pioneers who attempted to establish a decent measure of comfort, control, and security in what was in many ways a hostile environment. Moving beyond the technological history of the period found in his previous book Cradle to the Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines (OUP 1991), Lankton here focuses on the people of this region and how the copper mining affected their daily lives....