Description
Book SynopsisThis tale of two cities - Butte, Montana, and Chuquicamata, Chile - traces the relationship of capitalism and community across cultural, national, and geographic boundaries. The author offers a model for community studies that links local culture and global capitalism.
Table of ContentsPreface
I. Tracing the Veins
2. Mining History: A Political Chronology
3· Mining Community
4· Mining Men and Designing Women
5· Crafting the Everyday
6. Miner's Consumption
7· Trust, Betrayal, and Transformation
8. Food for Thought and Action
Appendix 1. Copper Production, 1920-1972
Appendix 2. Copper Production, 1934-1972
Notes
Bibliography
Index
