Reviews for Mineral Processing at a Crossroads

The average rating for Mineral Processing at a Crossroads based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-12-13 00:00:00 John Appersom Gives a surprisingly full account of twentieth century life on mines, via lots of first-hand accounts and source material, many from interviews w/ ex-miners conducted in the 1980's by co-author Vivienne Ndatshe. But mostly sociological perspective, not a history. Fair warning: veers in and out of very dry academic-talk, e.g. the first paragraph of the conclusion: "Within the limits of one particular South African industry, this book has touched on many notions central to contemporary social theory. Personal integrity and social responsibility, power and authority, communal identity, political resistance and accommodation, masculinity and femininity, collective violence and nonviolent contestation, all have informed the account of the particularities of this historically and institutionally bounded case. Different narratives from a wide range of sources have also unearthed a series of 'genealogical' changes in the substantive meanings of each of these terms over time and in different socioeconomic aspects."

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-28 00:00:00 John Lindner A little dry at times, but overall, it is a very interesting overview on the history of Keweenaw during the development of copper mining in Michigan's U.P.!