Episode 006: Brian Leech on the “City That Ate Itself”

Historically Thinking

English - March 11, 2015 11:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
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In this week's podcast, Brian Leech discusses his award-winning work on Butte, Montana, "the city that ate itself." Leech and host Al Zambone discuss mining and its history, the rich cultural and social world of an isolated city in Montana, and how the transition from underground to open pit mining changed everything about all of the above.