Extracting Appalachia : images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910/1945 /

Annotation "The Consolidation Coal Company, one of the largest coal-mining operations in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, had photographers take hundreds of pictures of nearly every facet of its operations." "Historical geographer Geoffrey L. Buckley e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Buckley, Geoffrey L., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Consolidation Coal Company > History.
Consolidation Coal Company > Pictorial works.
Consolidation Coal Company
Coal mines and mining > Appalachian Region > History.
Coal mines and mining > Appalachian Region > Pictorial works.
Coal mines and mining
Appalachian Region > Pictorial works.
Appalachian Region
History
Pictorial works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reading historical photographs
  • A time for consolidation, 1860-1945
  • Images of the company town
  • Images of work and equipment
  • Images of environmental transformation
  • Extracting Appalachia.

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