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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195083571
ISBN-139780195083576
eBay Product ID (ePID)84996
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Book TitleCradle to Grave : Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines
Number of Pages348 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMining, United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year1993
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, History
AuthorLarry Lankton
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"An exceptionally thoughtful, thorough and well-integrated account of labor, business, community and technological change in a fundamental sector of America's second industrial revolution."--Philip Scranton,Rutgers University "Precisely what is needed in the field: a work which combines personal experience, community life, descriptions of work and a specific physical environment. It allows readers to 'feel' what life was like for these miners and their families."--Patrick Gagnon,Silver Lake College "Offers rich and thoughtful accounts of technological change as it transformed copper mining....Lankton has offered a penetrating exploration of an important sector of American mining and a model for exploring the interconnections of technological change, management policies, and workplace traditions during industrialization."--Technology and Culture "Will be quite useful to historians...for its many insights into the paternalistic approach to management, especially in its mediation of technological and economic change."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review "Should appeal to a large and varied audience....I recommend it to all readers who enjoy stories of the past."--Wisconsin Magazine of History, "Should appeal to a large and varied audience....I recommend it to all readers who enjoy stories of the past."--Wisconsin Magazine of History, "An exceptionally thoughtful, thorough and well-integrated account of labor, business, community and technological change in a fundamental sector of America's second industrial revolution."--Philip Scranton, Rutgers University "Precisely what is needed in the field: a work which combines personal experience, community life, descriptions of work and a specific physical environment. It allows readers to 'feel' what life was like for these miners and their families."--Patrick Gagnon, Silver Lake College "Offers rich and thoughtful accounts of technological change as it transformed copper mining....Lankton has offered a penetrating exploration of an important sector of American mining and a model for exploring the interconnections of technological change, management policies, and workplace traditions during industrialization."--Technology and Culture "Will be quite useful to historians...for its many insights into the paternalistic approach to management, especially in its mediation of technological and economic change."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review "Should appeal to a large and varied audience....I recommend it to all readers who enjoy stories of the past."--Wisconsin Magazine of History, "Offers rich and thoughtful accounts of technological change as ittransformed copper mining....Lankton has offered a penetrating exploration of animportant sector of American mining and a model for exploring theinterconnections of technological change, management policies, and workplacetraditions during industrialization."--Technology and Culture, "An exceptionally thoughtful, thorough and well-integrated account of labor, business, community and technological change in a fundamental sector of America's second industrial revolution."--Philip Scranton, Rutgers University, "Cradle to Grave should serve as a model for historians of technology and labor historians as to how both can benefit by combining their interests and thereby deepening their understanding....Lankton writes clearly and with a passion rarely seen in academic writers....Anyone who is interestedin Michigan's history will find this a very hard book to put down." --Michigan Historical Review, "Lankton's study is thematic, taking the reader from the heart of the mines to the rock-crushers on the surface and ethnic residential clusters that surrounded them. It includes admirably clear descriptions of complex technologies and their evolution; has powerful passages on accidents, safetypractices, and usually humane company supports for the maimed or widowed; and it is written in a vigorous and engaging style."--American Historical Review, "Will be quite useful to historians...for its many insights into the paternalistic approach to management, especially in its mediation of technological and economic change."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review, "A well-researched, interesting account of the rise and decline of thecopper mining industry in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula....Focuses on a hithertoneglected aspect of industrial development, and will particularly interestreaders concerned with the history of technology and the evolution of corporatelabor policies."--Choice, "The single-best treatment ever written of the development of Michigan's copper mining region. It breaks new ground with its incisive analysis....One of the finest books written on the history of mining, a welcome addition to the literature on the history of the Great Lakes region, and a realpath-breaking work combining the history of technology, work, and business in an extremely readable and enjoyable volume."--Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, "Offers rich and thoughtful accounts of technological change as it transformed copper mining....Lankton has offered a penetrating exploration of an important sector of American mining and a model for exploring the interconnections of technological change, management policies, and workplacetraditions during industrialization."--Technology and Culture, "Precisely what is needed in the field: a work which combines personalexperience, community life, descriptions of work and a specific physicalenvironment. It allows readers to 'feel' what life was like for these minersand their families."--Patrick Gagnon, Silver Lake College, "Precisely what is needed in the field: a work which combines personal experience, community life, descriptions of work and a specific physical environment. It allows readers to 'feel' what life was like for these miners and their families."--Patrick Gagnon, Silver Lake College, "This is excellent scholarship that fills a void in regional and mining history literature."--Minnesota History, "Will be quite useful to historians...for its many insights into thepaternalistic approach to management, especially in its mediation oftechnological and economic change."--Industrial and Labor RelationsReview, "A well-researched, interesting account of the rise and decline of the copper mining industry in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula....Focuses on a hitherto neglected aspect of industrial development, and will particularly interest readers concerned with the history of technology and the evolutionof corporate labor policies."--Choice
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisConcentrating on technology, economics, labor, and social history, Cradle to Grave documents the full life cycle of one of America's great mineral ranges from the 1840s to the 1960s. Lankton examines the workers' world underground, but is equally concerned with the mining communities on the surface. For the first fifty years of development, these mining communities remained remarkably harmonious, even while new, large companies obliterated traditional forms of organization and work within the industry. By 1890, however, the Lake Superior copper industry of upper Michigan started facing many challenges, including strong economic competition and a declining profit margin; growing worker dissatisfaction with both living and working conditions; and erosion of the companies' hegemony in a district they once controlled. Lankton traces technological changes within the mines and provides a thorough investigation of mine accidents and safety. He then focuses on social and labor history, dealing especially with the issue of how company paternalism exerted social control over the work force. A social history of technology, Cradle to Grave will appeal to labor, social and business historians.
