Hard as the rock itself : place and identity in the American mining town /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robertson, David, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2010, ©2006.
Edición:1st pbk. ed.
Colección:Mining the American West.
Temas:
Coal mines and mining > Illinois > Toluca > History.
Coal mines and mining > Colorado > Cokedale > History.
Mines and mineral resources > Oklahoma > Picher > History.
Cities and towns > United States > Social conditions.
Group identity > United States > Case studies.
Villes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Identité collective > États-Unis > Études de cas.
HISTORY/United States/ State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Cities and towns > Social conditions
Coal mines and mining
Group identity
Mines and mineral resources
Colorado > Cokedale
Illinois > Toluca
Oklahoma > Picher
United States
Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • The Mining Imaginary
  • Place, Identity, and the Mining Landscape
  • 2. TOLUCA
  • The Longwall Mining District
  • A Rip-Roaring Town
  • Mine Closure and Community Survival
  • Miningâ€?s Legacies
  • Saving the Jumbos
  • Reclaiming the Jumbos
  • 3. COKEDALE
  • The Trinidad Coal Field
  • A Model Company Town
  • The Utopian Myth
  • Mine Closure and Community Survival
  • Life and Landscape in the Post-Mining Era
  • Preserving Cokedale
  • 4. PICHER
  • The Tri-State Mining DistrictLandscape and Identity in Early Picher
  • “Sores Beyond Cureâ€?
  • Hard As the Rock Itself
  • Mine Closure and Community Survival
  • The Tragedy of Tar Creek
  • Whither Relocation?
  • The “Town that Jack Builtâ€?
  • 5. CONCLUSION
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
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  • P
  • Q
  • R
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