Copper for America: The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s [Hardcover]

Charles K. Hyde (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998

This comprehensive history of copper mining tells the full story of the industry that produces one of America's most important metals. The first inclusive account of U.S. copper in one volume, Copper for America relates the discovery and development of America's major copper-producing areas—the eastern United States, Tennessee, Michigan, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Alaska—from colonial times to the present. Starting with the predominance of New England and the Middle Atlantic states in the early nineteenth century, Copper for America traces the industry's migration to Michigan in mid-century and to Montana, Arizona, and other western states in the late nineteenth century. The book also examines the U.S. copper industry's decline in the twentieth century, studying the effects of strong competition from foreign copper industries and unforeseen changes in the national and global copper markets. An extensively documented chronicle of the rise and fall of individual mines, companies, and regions, Copper for America will prove an essential resource for economic and business historians, historians of technology and mining, and western historians.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The story of the twentieth century in the United States cannot be told without copper. . . . In this engaging history of the industry, Charles Hyde tells how copper mining and refinding was transformed from a small, isolated industry into one of the world's largest corporate endeavors." —Montana Magazine

About the Author

Charles K. Hyde is a professor of history at Wayne State University and the author of several books, including Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870, The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes, and Historic Highway Bridges of Michigan.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 267 pages
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816518173
• ISBN-13: 978-0816518173
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,760,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Although I was born and grew up in Pittsfield, MA, I have spent most of my adult life in the Great Lakes region. I earned my Ph.D. in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and after a brief time elsewhere, I have taught at Wayne State University in Detroit since 1974. Among other areas, I have published in the fields of Industrial Archeology, Michigan History, Business History, and Automotive History. My study of several abandoned Dteroit automobile factories stimulated my interest in automotive history. My most recent books have been a business history of the Chrysler Corporation, a biography and company history of the Dodge Brothers, and more recently, a combination history of Nash Motors, the Hudson Motor Car Compnay, and the American Motors Corporation. My newest writing project is a history of the American automobile industry's work during the Second World War.