The Silver of the Sierra Madre
John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons
In the great barranca known today as Copper Canyon, the small mining town of Batopilas once experienced a silver bonanza among the largest ever known. American investors, believing that Mexico offered an unexploited cornucopia, began purchasing mines in the Sierra Madre, seeking to expand their hold on natural resources outside U.S. borders. From 1861 until the Revolution of 1910, the men of the Batopilas Mining Company ruled the region using their wealth, armed might, and extensive connections. The technology, industrialism, and politics their interests brought to this remote community tied the Tarahumara, Yaqui, Mayo, and other peoples of t…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8165-2704-5
- EAN: 9780816527045
- Produktnummer: 3511440
- Verlag: University of Arizona Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.8 cm 499 g
- Abbildungen: illustrations
- Gewicht: 499
- Sonstiges: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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