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The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906 (Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography)

The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906 (Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography)

Current price: $40.50
Publication Date: April 17th, 2006
Publisher:
University of Washington Press
ISBN:
9780295986074
Pages:
301
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Description

First published in 1981, The Battle for Butte has remained the best treatment of the influence of copper in the political history of Montana. "Fine history: rich in detail, full of finely drawn people, masterfully clear where the subject matter is most complex, constructed to preserve something of the tone and atmosphere of the age."-American Historical Review

About the Author

William L. Lang is professor of history at Portland State University.