The face of decline : the Pennsylvania anthracite region in the twentieth century /

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The anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania once prospered. Today, very little mining or industry remains, although residents have made valiant efforts to restore the fabric of their communities. In The Face of Decline, the noted historians Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht offer a sweeping history of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dublin, Thomas, 1946-
Otros Autores: Licht, Walter, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1900-1999
Anthracite coal industry > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century.
Coal miners > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century.
Anthracite > Industrie > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mineurs de charbon > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Anthracite coal industry
Coal miners
Economic history
Mijnwerkers.
Steenkoolindustrie.
Mijnbouw.
Sociaal-economische geschiedenis.
Pennsylvania > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Pennsylvanie > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Creating the anthracite region : from prehistoric times to 1900
  • Apogee and descent : the anthracite region in the early twentieth century
  • The anthracite miners' new deal : the thirties
  • Reprieve and final collapse, 1940-1970 : capital and labor respond
  • Industrial development efforts : community and governmental responses
  • Personal responses to decline : fathers and mothers, 1945-1990
  • Personal responses to decline : sons and daughters, 1945-1990
  • Legacies.

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