Böcker av Arthur Mason

Through diverse engagements with natural resource extraction and ecological vulnerability in the contemporary Arctic, contributors to this volume apprehend Arctic resource regimes through the concept of abstraction. Abstraction refers to the creation of new material substances and cultural values by detaching parts from existing substances and values. The abstractive process differs from the activity of extractive industries by its focus on the conceptual resources that conceal processes of exploitation associated with extraction. The study of abstraction can thus help us attune to the formal operations that make appropriations of value possible while disclosing the politics of extraction and of its representation.

Originally published in 1933, "Come Easy, Go Easy" is a semi-autobiographical account of the author's experiences during the Nevada Gold Rush period. Arthur Mason gives a vivid and realistic portrayal of the wild and adventurous times of the late 19th century. His story is full of action, humor, and drama, as well as historical details and insights into the culture and psychology of the people who shaped the West. It is a must-read for fans of Western fiction and history with vivid accounts of the hardships, hopes, successes, and failures of prospectors in a frontier mining community. From the original book description:'A sailor with an Irishman's yearning for the hills stood braced against a San Francisco bar. The air was electric with the talk of gold and Nevada. Fifteen months later this seagoing prospector and an Albino mule had made a ten strike-two years later a fortune had slipped through his hands'.