{"product_id":"cradle-to-grave-life-work-and-death-at-the-lake-superior-copper-mines-paperback","title":"Cradle to Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry D. Lankton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eL. Lankton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcentrating on technology, economics, labor, and social history, \u003cem\u003eCradle to Grave\u003c\/em\u003e documents the full life cycle of one of America's great mineral ranges from the 1840s to the 1960s. Lankton examines the workers' world underground, but is equally concerned with the mining communities on the surface. For the first fifty years of development, these mining communities remained remarkably harmonious, even while new, large companies obliterated traditional forms of organization and work within the industry. By 1890, however, the Lake Superior copper industry of upper Michigan started facing many challenges, including strong economic competition and a declining profit margin; growing worker dissatisfaction with both living and working conditions; and erosion of the companies' hegemony in a district they once controlled. Lankton traces technological changes within the mines and provides a thorough investigation of mine accidents and safety. He then focuses on social and labor history, \u003cbr\u003edealing especially with the issue of how company paternalism exerted social control over the work force. A social history of technology, \u003cem\u003eCradle to Grave\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to labor, social and business historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.3 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255956332646,"sku":"9780195083576","price":119.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ZllSbVYxRWxFNU1ybTRJT3lEL1BEZz09.webp?v=1773687041","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/cradle-to-grave-life-work-and-death-at-the-lake-superior-copper-mines-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}