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Hard as the rock itself : place and identity in the American mining town
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- David Robertson
- Included Title
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- JSTOR ebooks
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st pbk. ed
- Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2010, ©2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781607320685, 1607320681, 0870818503, 9780870818509, 9781607320760
- OCLC
- ocn694144450
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
- 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 -- 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 DistrictLandscape 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z