Skip to main content

Winkelwagen

Je krijgt de VIP-behandeling!

Artikel(en) niet beschikbaar voor aankoop
Bekijk je winkelwagentje. Je kunt de niet-beschikbare artikelen nu verwijderen of we verwijderen ze bij de kassa automatisch.
artikelenartikel
artikelenartikel

Aanbevolen voor jou

Loading...
  • Mining in World History

    door Martin Lynch ...
    Serie series Globalities
    Mining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present day, drawing out, in an engaging and fast-paced fashion, the interplay of personalities, politics and technology which have together shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before the year 1453, of a revolutionary technique ... Meer lezen

    30,38 €

Mensen die dit lazen genoten ook van

  • The Denniston Rose

    door Jenny Pattrick ...
    Serie series Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics
    A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community.The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of this novel - the1880s - the only way to reach the makeshift collection of huts, tents and saloons is to climb aboard an empty ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • Gold: Greed, innovations, daring and wealth

    door Jill Blee ...
    Since ancient times gold has exerted a powerful fascination for humankind. Symbol of wealth and riches, it has influenced the rise and fall of empires and changed the course of history. In Australia, its discovery sparked frenzied gold rushes that opened up large parts of the land to settlement, transformed Melbourne and Sydney from colonial outposts into two of the worlds most vibrant cities, and ... Meer lezen

    3,91 €

  • Australia's Fossil Heritage

    A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites

    The National Heritage List was created in January 2004 to recognise, celebrate and protect places of outstanding heritage value to the nation. National heritage encompasses those places that reveal the richness of Australia's extraordinarily diverse natural, historic and Indigenous heritage. One aspect of natural heritage that has been little explored is Australia’s wealth of exceptional fossil ... Meer lezen

    37,83 €

  • Advanced Reservoir Management and Engineering

    Reservoir management is concerned with the geoscience and reservoir/production engineering required to plan and optimize the development of discovered or producing oil and gas assets. One of the only books to cover both management and engineering issues, Advanced Reservoir Management and Engineering is redesigned to be the only book you need throughout your career. Written by two of the industry's ... Meer lezen

    106,00 €

  • Comstock Women

    The Making Of A Mining Community

    Serie series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    When it comes to Nevada history, men get most of the ink. Comstock Women is a collection of 14 historical studies that helps to rectify that reality. The authors of these essays, who include some of Nevada’s most prominent historians, demographers, and archaeologists, explore such topics as women and politics, jobs, and ethnic groups. Their work goes far in refuting the exaggerated popular images ... Meer lezen

    16,10 €

  • King Coal

    A Social History of Coal Mining in Alberta

    King Coal presents the rich history of Alberta coal mining, and the people and culture that emerged out of the industry, from the 1870s through to the modern era. King Coal invites the reader to discover Alberta’s coal history, its triumphs and tragedies, and its legacy in the province today. Uniquely, the book’s carefully researched historical sources are augmented by a vision of the era imagined ... Meer lezen

    4,23 €

  • Mining in Latin America

    Critical Approaches to the New Extraction

    Serie series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America. This shift has brought mining more visibly into global public debates and spurred a great deal of controversy and conflict. This volume assembles new scholarship that provides critical perspectives on these issues.The ... Meer lezen

    53,57 €

  • To Save the Land and People

    A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia

    door Chad Montrie ...
    Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant ... Meer lezen

    26,75 €

  • Atherton Collieries

    door Alan Davies ...
    The first deep shafts sunk at Atherton were by John Fletcher. The family firm of Fletcher, Burrows & Co. sank numerous shafts in the vicinity of the village of Atherton including Gibfield, Howe Bridge and Hindsford. Nationalized in 1947, the collieries were operated by the National Coal Board until the closure of Chanters Colliery in 1966. Howe Bridge was the largest and longest-operated of the ... Meer lezen

    13,13 €

  • Casing and Liners for Drilling and Completion

    Design and Application

    door Ted G. Byrom ...
    Serie series Gulf Drilling Guides
    Once thought of as niche technology, operators today are utilizing more opportunities with casing and liners as formations and environments grow in difficulty, especially with the unconventional oil and gas boom. Casing and liners for Drilling and Completions, 2nd Edition provides the engineer and well designer with up-to-date information on critical properties, mechanics, design basics and newest ... Meer lezen

    116,00 €

  • Mining Disasters of the Wyoming Valley

    door Bryan Glahn ...
    Ten-year-old Willie Hatton was excited to visit his father at the Avondale Mine on the morning of September 6, 1869. Sadly, Willie would die in his father's arms that day, and so would 108 other miners, all victims of a horrific fire that tore through the shaft, trapping the men and boys and blocking the only exit. The communities of the Wyoming Valley know firsthand the human cost of the ... Meer lezen

    12,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus