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  • Mining in Latin America

    Critical Approaches to the New Extraction

    Edición de Kalowatie Deonandan, Michael L. Dougherty ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America. This shift has brought mining more visibly into global public debates and spurred a great deal of controversy and conflict. This volume assembles new scholarship that provides critical perspectives on these issues.The ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

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  • Diamonds, Gold, and War

    The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

    de Martin Meredith ...
    Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Too Much Luck

    The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future

    de Paul Cleary ...
    We think we are the lucky country, but what we really have is dumb luck – too much luck, more than we know what to do with.In Too Much Luck, Paul Cleary shows how the resource boom, which seems a blessing, could well become a curse.We have never seen a boom quite like this one. Under-taxed and under-regulated, multinational companies are making colossal profits by selling off non-renewable ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Fire and Brimstone

    The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

    de Michael Punke ...
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant—the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio—tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.A half-hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • Reservoir Geomechanics

    de Mark D. Zoback ...
    This interdisciplinary book encompasses the fields of rock mechanics, structural geology and petroleum engineering to address a wide range of geomechanical problems that arise during the exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs. It considers key practical issues such as prediction of pore pressure, estimation of hydrocarbon column heights and fault seal potential, determination of optimally stable ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • The (Secret) History of Gold Prospecting in the United States, and the 38 States Where Gold Has Already Been Found!

    de Tim Rapp ...
    The history of gold prospecting in the United States, and the massive gold resources still waiting to be found in the lower 48 states are not known by the overwhelming majority of American citizens.Most Americans don't know that:• Gold has already been found in over 75% of the United States - 38 of the 50 states.• That the U.S. Geological Survey, the premier geologic science agency of the U.S. ... Leer más

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  • Alaska Gold Rush at Nome

    de Lawrence David Weiss ...
    These are true stories of the Nome gold rush immortalized by the voices of the journalists and miners who lived through those exciting and dangerous times. Most of the miners were propelled into the harsh lands by wildly enthusiastic dreams and expectations. Some of these stories tell of the miners that made fabulous fortunes in gold pulled from the sands and creek beds around Nome. But that is ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sustainable Futures

    Linking Population, Resources and the Environment

    Edición de Jenny Goldie, Katharine Betts ...
    Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and the implications for Australia's future. Written by leaders in their field, and based on presentations from the 2013 Fenner Conference on 'Population, Resources and Climate Change', this book is a timely insight into the intertwined challenges that we currently face, and what ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Nisselinka Claims

    de Robert Longe ...
    In the early years of the 20th century Edward Wickford, a settler in northern British Columbia, lays claim to a rich vein of copper and gold. But events outside his control wreak havoc with his plans and dreams of wealth. Two world wars and two generations later, his grandson’s ownership of the same mineral rights is threatened by a hard-driving promoter of a public company listed on the junior ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Walkden Yard

    The Lancashire Central Coalfield Workshops

    de Alan Davies ...
    Located close to the Ellesmere Colliery, the Walkden Yard ultimately became the NCB Central Workshops for Lancashire. From here the workshops served the Bridgewater Trustees' collieries, providing engineering support as well as maintaining the numerous railway locomotives and the many hundreds of wagons that the company owned. Opened in 1878, Walkden Yard transferred to the National Coal Board ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Roar and the Silence

    A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode

    de Ronald M. James ...
    Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    Nevada’s Comstock Mining District has been the focus of legend since it first burst into international prominence in the late 1850s, and its principal settlement, Virginia City, endures in the popular mind as the West’s quintessential mining camp. But the authentic history of the Comstock is far more complex and interesting than its colorful image. Contrary to legend, Virginia City spent only its ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Practical Conservation Biology

    de David Lindenmayer, Mark Burgman ...
    Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas. Written by two of the world’s leading environment experts, it is a ‘must have’ reference for environment professionals in government, non-government ... Leer más

    $50.99 USD