03151nam 2200673 450 991046041490332120200520144314.00-8131-8473-80-8131-5056-6(CKB)3710000000334143(EBL)1915312(SSID)ssj0001436116(PQKBManifestationID)11803696(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001436116(PQKBWorkID)11435159(PQKB)11639611(MiAaPQ)EBC1915312(OCoLC)644352127(MdBmJHUP)muse43928(Au-PeEL)EBL1915312(CaPaEBR)ebr11009837(CaONFJC)MIL690779(OCoLC)900344507(EXLCZ)99371000000033414320150205h19901990 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe real disaster is above ground a mine fire & social conflict /J. Stephen Kroll-Smith & Stephen Robert CouchLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1990.©19901 online resource (211 p.)"Paperback edition 2009"--T. p. verso.Includes index.1-322-59497-X 0-8131-9329-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-197) and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Dying Coal Town; 1 King Coal Built a Town but Not a Community; 2 The Engineering Puzzle, 1962-1981; 3 Ambiguous Evidence and Contradictory Signals; 4 A Group Emerges and the Town Divides; 5 Confrontation and Conflict; 6 A Thwarted Struggle for Unity; 7 One Town, Many Groups; 8 ""This Town Is Dead""; 9 Making Sociological Sense of the Story; Appendix: Participatory Research in Centralia; Notes; Index;In the 1950's Centralia was a small town, like many others in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. But since the 1960's, it has been consumed, outwardly and inwardly by a fire that has inexorably spread in the abandoned mines beneath it. The earth smokes, subsides, and breathes poisonous gases. No less destructive has been the spread of dissension and enmity among the townspeople. The Real Disaster Above Ground tells the story of the fire and the tragic failure of all efforts to counter it. This study of the Centralia fire represents the most thorough canvass of the documentary materials andMine firesSocial aspectsPennsylvaniaCentraliaMine firesSocial aspectsCase studiesSocial conflictCase studiesCentralia (Pa.)Social conditionsElectronic books.Mine firesSocial aspectsMine firesSocial aspectsSocial conflict363.3/497Kroll-Smith J. Stephen1947-85024Couch Stephen RobertMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460414903321The real disaster is above ground2487719UNINA