The booming coal industry of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the main reason behind the creation of modern south Wales and its miners were central to shaping the economics, politics and society of south Wales during the twentieth century. This book explores the history of these...

For centuries, communities have been founded or shaped based upon their access to natural resources and today, in our globalizing world, major natural resource developments are spreading to more remote areas. Mining operations are a good example: they have a profound impact on local communities...

Economic skill is an essential partner to technical skill in every step of the mining process. This book will help effectively direct mining operations through the use of innovative economic strategies. The text covers what is meant by a cost-effective mining scheme, the economics of...

1. Water, Woods, and Winter: A Special Sense of Place2. Heaving Up Jonah: The Travail of Travel3. Settling In: Camps, Communities, Houses, and Hotels4. A Lapful of Apples: Foodways in the Far North5. Keeping House: All the Work of the Family6. Tasks at Hand: Making a Living: Men and Women, Boys...