Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906 (1981)

by Michael P. Malone

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Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography

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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… (more)

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Michael P. Malone	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Lang, William L.	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1981

1995 (reprint edition with new Preface)

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Thomas H. Carter

William Andrews Clark

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Alice Mine, Montana, USA

Anaconda Mine, Anaconda, Montana, USA

Helena, Montana, USA

Parrot Mine, Montana, USA

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For John Thomas and Molly Christine, my beloved children, . . . whose maternal ancestors were and are part of Butte and its history.

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1. Gold Camp:
The Rise and Fall of Butte City
Nestled high in the norther Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana is the small alpine basin drained by Silver Bow Creek, one of the headwaters of the west-flowing Clark Fork of the Columbia.

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Copper Kings

F. Augustus Heinze

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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

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Contents:

Foreword to the 2006 edition by William L. Lang --
Preface to the original edition --
1. Gold camp : the rise and fall of Butte city --
2. Clark, Daly, and the Anaconda: 1872-84 --
3. The "Richest Hill on Earth" --
4. Boom town --
5. Politics : the Clark-Daly feud --
6. Mr. Clark goes to Washington --
7. "Consolidation" : the Amalgamated and the Independents --
8. The Battle for Butte: 1901-6 --
9. Denouement : the time of transition.

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