num_pages: 326
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 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
language: English
title: The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864―1906
titlecomplete: The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864―1906 (Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography)
genres: History, American History
ratings_count: 28
places: Butte, Montana
publisher: University of Washington Press