Tracing the veins : of copper, culture, and community from Butte to Chuquicamata /
Janet L. Finn.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, �1998.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps
- [NetLibrary] .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index.
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.
Copper industry and trade--Social aspects--Montana--Butte. Copper industry and trade--Social aspects--Chile--Chuquicamata. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--General. Copper industry and trade--Social aspects. Industries. Business & Economics.