Mining in World History

摘要: Mining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from Renaissance to present day, drawing out, an engaging fast-paced fashion, interplay personalities, politics technology which have together shaped metallurgical industries over last 500 years. Martin Lynch opens invention, sometime before year 1453, a revolutionary technique for separating silver copper, event that revived rich copper-silver mines central Europe ruling ambitions Habsburg emperors who owned them. The author shows how flood Spain's newly-conquered American colonies brought about demise these mines, goes on examine far-reaching changes by steam engine Industrial Revolution. book then looks at era gold rushes comprehensive developments mineral extraction took place United States South Africa end nineteenth century, describes spread mass metal-production techniques across world amid violent struggles twentieth century energy crises 1970s. Written vastly experienced field, is first provide account why change advance this global industry taken different eras locations around world. As such it will appeal specialist as well general reader wants know more field has been fundamental construction industrial civilization.