Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870

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Название: Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870–1945
ISBN: 9781138275379
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Биографии: общее жизнеописание

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Археология

ISBN-10: 1138275379
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 276
Вес: 0.51 кг.
Дата издания: 11.11.2016
Серия: Modern economic and social history
Язык: English
Размер: 234 x 156 x 15
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General
Основная тема: Modern History 1750-1945
Подзаголовок: Entrepreneurship, High Finance, Politics and Territorial Expansion
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Описание: The years of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, aptly described by Mark Twain as the Gilded Age witnessed an unprecedented level of technological change, material excess, untrammled pursuit of profit and imperial expansion. Within this dynamic and often ruthless environment many colorful characters strode across the world stage, among them the great mining tycoons, who with the thousands of prospectors, diggers, shift bosses, timbermen, blastmen and muckers in mining enterprise constituted one of the major spearheads of global capitalistic expansion and colonial exploitation. This volume, which carries the epic story to the mid-twentieth century provides a truly international perspective on the role of mining entrepreneurs, investors and engineers in shaping the economic and political map of the globe, in testing management techniques and in setting a vogue for extravagant displays of wealth among the worlds rich. Each chapter is loosely focussed on a biographical account of a particular mining tycoon that allows for broad and comparative accounts to be made about the individuals, their business interests, the technologies they employed and the national and international political considerations under which they operated. Furthermore, this structure also allows for consideration of the effect that these tycoons had on the countries and territories in which they worked, particularly the often long-lasting impact on indigenous populations, the environment, transport links and economic development. By approaching the subject matter through this stimulating mix of cultural, social, economic, business and colonial history, many intriguing and thought provoking conclusions are reached that will reward any scholars with an interest late nineteenth and early twentieth century history.

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