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Dissertation Information for Gilbert Ramirez Gonzales

NAME:
- Gilbert Ramirez Gonzales

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- Arizona State University (USA) (2004)

ADVISORS:
- Noel J. Stowe

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Robert A. Trennert Jr.
- James McBride

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Strategy and Stopes: Mines, Management, and Community in Superior and Jerome, Arizona, 1900-1955

Abstract: This dissertation examines the growth and development of mining organizations and the relationships they maintained with their support communities. Using an organizational perspective, this study employs case studies to explore mine management and community development. The discussion examines how managers of mining companies changed the towns they directly or indirectly established to satisfy the labor needs for their growing mining enterprises. The communities of Superior and Jerome are the focus of this research. This dissertation explores the influence of a single industry on the management of employees, the social mobility of its workers, and the use of a company-run social club to develop community in these two mining towns. Each case provides a portal or focused view on how mining companies influenced their communities--communities that expanded and declined in the cloud of smelter residue that covered most of those towns between strikes and deportations. These towns no longer serve as prominent copper producing communities.

Superior and Jerome's real estate developers level the path for new homes and businesses. The few new homes in Superior represent the next wave of growth and development for the community without a mine. New stucco wood frame houses replace the old adobe home built by neighbors and families. Retirees and artisans purchase the new homes to take advantage of the spectacular views of Apache Leap. Superior and Jerome's wage earners commute to Apache Junction, Mesa, Cottonwood, Tempe, or Chandler for daily wages. Although the connection between community and mine management have dissipated, those who drive by the remains of company buildings and artifacts recognize the importance and influence of the company on their daily lives. The identity of the community is woven into the business of the mine.


MPACT Scores for Gilbert Ramirez Gonzales

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