Boom, Bust, Boom A Story about Copper, the Metal That Runs the World

Name: Boom, Bust, Boom A Story about Copper, the Metal That Runs the World
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ISBN: 9781439136447

ISBN-10: 1439136440

ISBN-13: 9781439136447

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bill Carter

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From “a first-rate writer in the fascinating tradition of Junger and Krakauer” (Jim Harrison, author ofLegends of the Fall), a sweeping account of civilization’s complete dependence on copper and what it all means for people, nature, and the global economy.With books likeRed SummerandFools Rush In, Bill Carter has earned a reputation as an on-the-ground journalist adept at connecting the local elements of a story to its largest implications. He does it again—and brilliantly—inBoom, Bust, Boom, relating the very human dimension of copper extraction to the colossal implications the industry has for every single one of us. After sickening himself with the vegetables he grew in his…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 10/16/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English