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Memorializing Mining Through Literacy |
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HOUGHTON - Library Hosts Book Signings Two new publications about the
history of the Copper Country will make their debut on April 16 and 20 at
Michigan Tech. Professor Larry Lankton of the social sciences department will premiere "Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s," at 4 p.m., Friday, April 16. In the book, published by Wayne State University Press, Lankton tells the story of Lake Superior copper mining, including the full life cycles of the Calumet and Hecla, Copper Range and Quincy mines, their influence over their mining locations, and the lives of thousands of immigrant workers. Lankton traces the interconnected fortunes of mining companies and communities through times of bustling economic growth through periods of decline and closure. |
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Kim Hoagland, professor emeriti, presents "Mine Towns: Buildings for
Workers in Michigan's Copper Country," at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 20. In
this study of domestic life in Copper Country communities during the boom
years of 1890 to 1918, Hoagland uses the architecture of the region to
understand the complex relationship between mine managers and their
employees. Published by University of Minnesota Press, the book examines
houses, churches, schools, bathhouses and hospitals to understand the
nature of everyday life in this mining region.
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