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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McNeill, John Robert, editor. | Vrtis, George, editor.

Title: Mining North America : an environmental history since 1522 / edited by J.R. McNeill and George Vrtis.

Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016055852 (print) | LCCN 2016057573 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520279162 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520279179 (pbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520966536 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Mineral industries—Environmental aspects—North America—History.

Classification: LCC HD9506.A2 M5453 2017 (print) | LCC HD9506.A2 (ebook) | DDC 338.2097—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016055852

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