LEADER 03151nam 2200673 450 001 9910460414903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8473-8 010 $a0-8131-5056-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334143 035 $a(EBL)1915312 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001436116 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11803696 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001436116 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11435159 035 $a(PQKB)11639611 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915312 035 $a(OCoLC)644352127 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43928 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915312 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009837 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690779 035 $a(OCoLC)900344507 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334143 100 $a20150205h19901990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe real disaster is above ground $ea mine fire & social conflict /$fJ. Stephen Kroll-Smith & Stephen Robert Couch 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1990. 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (211 p.) 300 $a"Paperback edition 2009"--T. p. verso. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-59497-X 311 $a0-8131-9329-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [178]-197) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; 330 $aIn 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 and 606 $aMine fires$xSocial aspects$zPennsylvania$zCentralia 606 $aMine fires$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 606 $aSocial conflict$vCase studies 607 $aCentralia (Pa.)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMine fires$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMine fires$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial conflict 676 $a363.3/497 700 $aKroll-Smith$b J. Stephen$f1947-$085024 702 $aCouch$b Stephen Robert 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460414903321 996 $aThe real disaster is above ground$92487719 997 $aUNINA