{"product_id":"cradle-to-grave-life-work-and-death-at-the-lake-superior-copper-mines","title":"Cradle to Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines","description":"Concentrating on technology, economics, labor, and social history, Cradle to Grave 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, dealing especially with the issue of how company paternalism exerted social control over the work force. A social history of technology, Cradle to Grave will appeal to labor, social and business historians.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0195083571\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0195083571.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lankton, L.|Lankton, Larry D.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41461222637626,"sku":"DBV.0195083571.G","price":8.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0195083571-0.jpg?v=1781205364","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/cradle-to-grave-life-work-and-death-at-the-lake-superior-copper-mines","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}