Janet Macgaffey

Coal Dust on Your Feet

The Rise, Decline, and Restoration of an Anthracite Mining Town

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Produktbeschreibung

Coal Dust on Your Feet is a historical ethnography covering a century and a half, looking at the lives and struggles of the immigrants who came to work in the Pennsylvania anthracite mines.

Produktdetails

• Stories of the Susquehanna Valley
• Verlag: Bucknell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9781611486872
• ISBN-10: 1611486874
• Artikelnr.: 42092514

Autorenporträt

By Janet MacGaffey

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part One:
The Coal Era One: Historical Background and Conditions of Life in the
Mining Era Two: Early Immigrants: The Emergence of Ethnic Identity and
Social Hierarchy Three: Eastern and Southern European Immigration:
Ethnicity at its Peak Four: Religion, Class and Ethnicity Part Two:
Industrial Strife, National and Global Politics, the Decline of Ethnicity
and Religion Five: The Militant Heritage of Labor and a New Industry for
the Town Six: Prosperity and Decline Part Three: Recovering Heritage and
Community Seven: Ethnicity in the Twenty First Century Eight: Community,
Sense of Place, and Changes in Economics and Politics Today Nine:
Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author