Tracing the Veins - Of Copper, Culture, and Community From Butte to Chuquicamata

"Novel, engaging, and interesting. . . . [Finn] conveys the urgency of understanding the intertwining sources of conflict and struggle in the contemporary world."—Benjamin S. Orlove, University of California, Davis

"Finn blends trenchant scholarship and stylistic mastery with exceptional intelligence. If this is not cutting edge, I just wonder what is."—Jean-Paul Dumont, George Mason University

List of contents

Preface 
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

About the author

Janet L. Finn is Assistant Professor of Social Work and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Montana.

Summary

This 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.

Product details

• Authors: Janet L. Finn, Finn Janet L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.1998
• EAN: 9780520211377
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21137-7
• No. of pages: 347
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology