Mining the Heartland : : Nature, Place, and Populism on the Iron Range / / Erik Kojola.

A riveting portrait of the cultural struggles and political conflicts of proposed copper-nickel mines in Minnesota’s Iron RangeOn an unseasonably warm October afternoon in Saint Paul, hundreds of people gathered to protest the construction of a proposed copper-nickel mine in the rural northern part...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 17 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Contested Place: Legacies of Extraction and Conservation in the Iron Range
  • 2. Acceptance and Resistance: The Fight over Copper-Nickel Mining
  • 3. Knowing the Land: Place and Emotion in Environmental Politics
  • 4. Mining Memories: The Mobilizing Power of Nostalgia and Hope
  • 5. Extractive Populism: Defending the Iron Range Way of Life
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author