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The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons
John Mason Hart
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Description for The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
In the great barranca known today as Copper Canyon, the small mining town of Batopilas once experienced a silver bonanza among the largest ever known. American investors, believing that Mexico offered an unexploited cornucopia, began purchasing mines in the Sierra Madre, seeking to expand their hold on natural resources outside U.S. borders. From 1861 until the Revolution of 1910, the men of the Batopilas Mining Company ruled the region using their wealth, armed might, and extensive connections. The technology, industrialism, and politics their interests brought to this remote community tied the Tarahumara, Yaqui, Mayo, and other peoples of the barrancas ... Read more
In the great barranca known today as Copper Canyon, the small mining town of Batopilas once experienced a silver bonanza among the largest ever known. American investors, believing that Mexico offered an unexploited cornucopia, began purchasing mines in the Sierra Madre, seeking to expand their hold on natural resources outside U.S. borders. From 1861 until the Revolution of 1910, the men of the Batopilas Mining Company ruled the region using their wealth, armed might, and extensive connections. The technology, industrialism, and politics their interests brought to this remote community tied the Tarahumara, Yaqui, Mayo, and other peoples of the barrancas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816527045
SKU
V9780816527045
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99-15
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