The Battle for Butte
Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906
Published on 17. April 2006
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Paperback/Softback
301 pages
978-0-295-98607-4 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1981, The Battle for Butte has remained the best treatment of the influence of copper in the political history of Montana. "Fine history: rich in detail, full of finely drawn people, masterfully clear where the subject matter is most complex, constructed to preserve something of the tone and atmosphere of the age."-American Historical Review
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"Malone's superbly crafted narrative treats the political economy of Butte and Montana from the gold boom of the 1870s through the absorption of the copper independents by the Standard Oil financed Amalgamated Copper Company in the first decade of the twentieth century. . . . The Battle for Butte is fine history: rich in detail, full of finely drawn people, masterfully clear where the subject matter is most complex, constructed to preserve something of the tone and atmosphere of the age."(American Historical Review)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-295-98607-4 (9780295986074)
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Content
Contents
Foreword to the 2006 Edition by William L. Lang
Preface to the Original Edition
1. Gold Camp: The Rise and Fall of Butte City
2. Clark, Daly, and the Anaconda: 1872-84
3: The "Richest Hill on Earth"
4. Boom Town
5. Politics: The Clark-Daly Feud
6. Mr. Clark Goes to Washington
7. "Consolidation": The Amalgamated and the Independents
8. The Battle for Butte: 1901-6
9. Denouement: The Time of Transition
Epilogue: The Legacy
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Foreword to the 2006 Edition by William L. Lang
Preface to the Original Edition
1. Gold Camp: The Rise and Fall of Butte City
2. Clark, Daly, and the Anaconda: 1872-84
3: The "Richest Hill on Earth"
4. Boom Town
5. Politics: The Clark-Daly Feud
6. Mr. Clark Goes to Washington
7. "Consolidation": The Amalgamated and the Independents
8. The Battle for Butte: 1901-6
9. Denouement: The Time of Transition
Epilogue: The Legacy
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index