Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata

This tale of two cities--Butte, Montana, and Chuquicamata, Chile--traces the relationship of capitalism and community across cultural,...
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Author: Janet L. Finn
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Language: English
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Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata by Finn, Janet L.

Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata

Dhs. 317.90

Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata

Dhs. 317.90
Author: Janet L. Finn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This tale of two cities--Butte, Montana, and Chuquicamata, Chile--traces the relationship of capitalism and community across cultural, national, and geographic boundaries. Combining social history with ethnography, Janet Finn shows how the development of copper mining set in motion parallel processes involving distinctive constructions of community, class, and gender in the two widely separated but intimately related sites. While the rich veins of copper in the Rockies and the Andes flowed for the giant Anaconda Company, the miners and their families in both places struggled to make a life as well as a living for themselves.

Miner's consumption, a popular name for silicosis, provides a powerful metaphor for the danger, wasting, and loss that penetrated mining life. Finn explores themes of privation and privilege, trust and betrayal, and offers a new model for community studies that links local culture and global capitalism.

Author: Janet L. Finn
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 08/03/1998
Pages: 347
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780520211377

About the Author
Janet L. Finn is Assistant Professor of Social Work and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Montana.

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