life and landscape at the Lake Superior copper mines, 1840-1875 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Larry Lankton.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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ONE: WATER, WOODS, AND WINTER: A Special Sense of Place; TWO: HEAVING UP JONAH: The Travail of Travel; THREE: SETTLING IN: Camps, Communities, Houses, and Hotels; FOUR: A LAPFUL OF APPLES: Foodways in the Far North; FIVE: KEEPING HOUSE: All the Work of the Family; SIX: TASKS AT HAND: Making a Living: Men and Women, Boys and Girls; SEVEN: SAINTS AND SCHOLARS: Village Churches and Schools; EIGHT: THE SINS OF THE BODY: Maladies, Medicines, and Frontier Physicians; NINE: ICE CARNIVALS, CAMELS, AND SUNDAY TROMBONES: Pioneer Pastimes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is a social history of the families of the Keweenaw Peninsula area of Upper Michigan, from 1840 to 1875 when the district's main industry was copper mining. It is the story of these "reluctant pioneers", who survived in what was, in many ways, a hostile environment.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Beyond the boundaries.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Copper industry and trade-- Michigan-- Keweenaw Peninsula-- History-- 19th century.