Boom, bust, boom : a story about copper, the metal that runs the world /

"Starting in his own backyard in the old mining town of Bisbee, Arizona -- where he discovers that the dirt in his garden contains double the acceptable level of arsenic -- Bill Carter follows the story of copper to the controversial Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia; to the 'ring' at the London Met...

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Main Author:	Carter, Bill, 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, 2012.
Edition:	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Copper mines and mining > Environmental aspects. Copper mines and mining > History. Copper mines and mining > Arizona. Copper mines and mining > Indonesia. Copper miners > Mexico > Sonora (State) Mineral industries > Environmental aspects. Metal trade > Great Britain. Copper mines and mining. Copper miners. Mineral industries. Metal trade. Indonesia. Arizona. Mexico > Sonora (State) Great Britain. History.
Summary:	"Starting in his own backyard in the old mining town of Bisbee, Arizona -- where he discovers that the dirt in his garden contains double the acceptable level of arsenic -- Bill Carter follows the story of copper to the controversial Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia; to the 'ring' at the London Metal Exchange, where a select group of traders buy and sell enormous amounts of the metal; and to an Alaskan salmon run threated by mining. Boom, Bust, Boom is a highly readable account -- part social history, part mining-town exploration, and part environmental investigation. Carter blends the personal and the international in a narrative that helps us understand the paradoxical relationship we have with a substance whose necessity to civilization costs the environment and the people who mine it dearly." -- Rear jacket flap.