Born with a Copper Spoon: A Global History of Copper, 1830–1980
Editat de Robrecht Declercq, Duncan Money, Hans Otto Frølanden Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2023
Over the past two centuries, industrial societies hungry for copper—essential for light, power, and communication—have demanded ever-increasing quantities. Born with a Copper Spoon examines how the metal has been produced, distributed, controlled, and sold on a global scale. Throughout history, copper production has spawned its own practices, technologies, and a constantly changing political economy. Large-scale production has affected ecologies, states, and companies while creating and even destroying local communities dependent on volatile commodity markets. Former president Kenneth Kaunda once remarked that Zambians were "born with a copper spoon in our mouths," but few societies managed to profit from copper’s abundance. From copper cartels and the futures market to the consequences of resource nationalism, Born with a Copper Spoon delivers a global perspective on one of the world’s most important metals.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780774864862
ISBN-10: 0774864869
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 4 halftones, 16 charts, 2 maps, 17 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: University of British Columbia Press
Colecția University of British Columbia Press
ISBN-10: 0774864869
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 4 halftones, 16 charts, 2 maps, 17 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: University of British Columbia Press
Colecția University of British Columbia Press
Notă biografică
Robrecht Declercq is a senior postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium. He is the author of World Market Transformation. Duncan Money is a historian at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is the author of White Mineworkers on Zambia’s Copperbelt. Hans Otto Frøland is professor of European contemporary history at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He is a coeditor of From Warfare to Welfare and Industrial Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe.
Cuprins
Introduction: Worlds of Copper? / Robrecht Declercq, Hans Otto Frøland, and Duncan Money
Part 1: Connections, Technologies, People: Creating the Global Fabric of Copper
1 The Gains of Going Global: The Return on Investment in International Copper Mining during the Second Industrial Revolution / Klas Rönnbäck, Oskar Broberg, and Dimitrios Theodoridis
2 Futures Markets as Trustbusters: The Secrétan Copper Cartel and the London Metal Exchange, 1887–89 / Nathan Delaney
3 American Mining Engineers and the Global Copper Industry, 1880–1945 / Duncan Money
4 The Path to Dominance: American Copper Mining, 1880–1916 / Jeremy Mouat
5 Comparing Copper Nationalism in Zambia and Papua New Guinea, 1964–74 / Ingeborg Guldal and Frida Brende Jenssen
Part 2: Grounding Copper: Communities and Socio-Ecological Transformations
6 Copper Mining in Cuba at the Beginning of Mining Internationalization, 1829–70 / Ángel Pascual Martínez-Soto, Miguel Á. Pérez de Perceval, and Susana Martínez-Rodríguez
7 Copper Communities on the Central African Copperbelt, 1950–2000 / Iva Peša
8 Confronting Kennecott: The Lost City of Bingham Canyon and the History of Mining-Induced Resettlement / Brian James Leech
9 Global and Local Interactions: The Great War, Global Trade, and Community Impacts in the Australian Copper Mining Industry, 1900–20 / Erik Eklund
Part 3: Haves and Have-Nots: Copper in the Age of National Control
10 The Copper Industry as National Enterprise in Modern Japan / Patricia Sippel
11 Katanga and the American World of Copper: Mechanization, Vertical Integration, and the Territorialization of Colonial Capitalism, 1900–30 / Robrecht Declercq
12 The Establishment of Iran’s Copper Mining Industry: The Downfall of A
Part 1: Connections, Technologies, People: Creating the Global Fabric of Copper
1 The Gains of Going Global: The Return on Investment in International Copper Mining during the Second Industrial Revolution / Klas Rönnbäck, Oskar Broberg, and Dimitrios Theodoridis
2 Futures Markets as Trustbusters: The Secrétan Copper Cartel and the London Metal Exchange, 1887–89 / Nathan Delaney
3 American Mining Engineers and the Global Copper Industry, 1880–1945 / Duncan Money
4 The Path to Dominance: American Copper Mining, 1880–1916 / Jeremy Mouat
5 Comparing Copper Nationalism in Zambia and Papua New Guinea, 1964–74 / Ingeborg Guldal and Frida Brende Jenssen
Part 2: Grounding Copper: Communities and Socio-Ecological Transformations
6 Copper Mining in Cuba at the Beginning of Mining Internationalization, 1829–70 / Ángel Pascual Martínez-Soto, Miguel Á. Pérez de Perceval, and Susana Martínez-Rodríguez
7 Copper Communities on the Central African Copperbelt, 1950–2000 / Iva Peša
8 Confronting Kennecott: The Lost City of Bingham Canyon and the History of Mining-Induced Resettlement / Brian James Leech
9 Global and Local Interactions: The Great War, Global Trade, and Community Impacts in the Australian Copper Mining Industry, 1900–20 / Erik Eklund
Part 3: Haves and Have-Nots: Copper in the Age of National Control
10 The Copper Industry as National Enterprise in Modern Japan / Patricia Sippel
11 Katanga and the American World of Copper: Mechanization, Vertical Integration, and the Territorialization of Colonial Capitalism, 1900–30 / Robrecht Declercq
12 The Establishment of Iran’s Copper Mining Industry: The Downfall of A
Recenzii
"The book’s approach has merits beyond the history of copper. A focus on the world systems which underpinned the exploitation of a commodity shows that the idea of a neat and simple division between “colonial” and “post-colonial” worlds is unrealistic."
“Almost every specialist on the history of copper appears in this volume, creating a comprehensive and useful account of modern copper history.”
“Born with a Copper Spoon tells a story of fundamental importance to understanding the world system that we have inherited—with all its dependencies on copper.”