04198nam 22007813u 450 991079157260332120230126205416.01-4571-1072-51-60732-068-1(CKB)2560000000053748(EBL)710223(OCoLC)775301690(SSID)ssj0000484877(PQKBManifestationID)11318018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484877(PQKBWorkID)10595200(PQKB)10772175(MiAaPQ)EBC3039729(EXLCZ)99256000000005374820130701d2011|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrHard As the Rock Itself[electronic resource]Sebastopol University Press of Colorado20111 online resource (233 p.)Mining the American West Hard as the rock itself Description based upon print version of record.1-60732-076-2 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 District; Landscape and Identity in Early Picher; "Sores Beyond Cure"Hard As the Rock ItselfMine 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; ZThe first intensive analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town provides rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. David Robertson contends that these communities - often characterized in scholarly and literary works as derelict, as sources of debasing moral influence, and as scenes of environmental decay - have a strong and enduring sense of place and have even embraced some of the signs of so-called dereliction. Robertson documents the history of Toluca, Illinois; Cokedale, ColorCities and towns -- United States -- Social conditionsCoal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- HistoryCoal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- HistoryGroup identity -- United States -- Case studiesMines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- HistoryCoal mines and miningHistoryTolucaIllinoisCase studiesCoal mines and miningHistoryCokedaleColoradoMines and mineral resourcesHistoryOklahomaPicherCities and townsSocial conditionsUnited StatesGroup identityUnited StatesBusiness & EconomicsHILCCIndustriesHILCCCities and towns -- United States -- Social conditions.Coal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- History.Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- History.Group identity -- United States -- Case studies.Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- History.Coal mines and miningHistoryCoal mines and miningHistoryMines and mineral resourcesHistoryCities and townsSocial conditionsGroup identityBusiness & EconomicsIndustries307.76 60973307.7660973Robertson David89030AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910791572603321Hard As the Rock Itself3865199UNINA