04311nam 22008413u 450 991097299610332120240410195033.09781457110726145711072597816073206851607320681(CKB)2560000000053748(EBL)710223(OCoLC)775301690(SSID)ssj0000484877(PQKBManifestationID)11318018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484877(PQKBWorkID)10595200(PQKB)10772175(MiAaPQ)EBC3039729(Perlego)2030893(EXLCZ)99256000000005374820130701d2011|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrHard As the Rock Itself1st ed.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.9781607320760 1607320762 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-PeELBOOK9910972996103321Hard As the Rock Itself4368051UNINA