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Hard as the Rock Itself : Place and Identity in the American Mining Town /
As a result of more than two centuries of mining activity, the United States has numerous historic mining districts. Although each is distinctive, they tend to share a common economic history. Mining is the quintessential "boom and bust" industry. Individual mining operations may differ in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, Colo. :
University Press of Colorado,
2006
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| Colección: | Mining the American West.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- Mining'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 district -- Landscape and identity in early Picher -- Sores beyond cure -- Hard as the rock itself -- Mine closure and community survival -- The tragedy of Tar Creek -- Whither relocation? -- The town that Jack built -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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| 520 | 3 | |a As a result of more than two centuries of mining activity, the United States has numerous historic mining districts. Although each is distinctive, they tend to share a common economic history. Mining is the quintessential "boom and bust" industry. Individual mining operations may differ in terms of mineral commodities, richness of deposits, and operating lifespans, but the finite nature of mineral deposits almost always results in the demise of mining-dependent economies. This book studies three such areas. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Coal mines and mining |z Colorado |z Cokedale |x History. | |
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