LEADER 03024nam 2200649 450 001 9910819662403321 005 20230403203330.0 010 $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(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(MiAaPQ)EBC1915312 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334143 100 $a20150205h19901990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe real disaster is above ground $ea mine fire & social conflict /$fJ. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Stephen Robert Couch 210 1$aLexington :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1990. 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (211 pages) $cillustrations 300 $a"Paperback edition 2009"--T. p. verso. 311 0 $a1-322-59497-X 311 0 $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. 606 $aMine fires$xSocial aspects$zPennsylvania$zCentralia 606 $aMine fires$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 606 $aSocial conflict$vCase studies 607 $aCentralia (Pa.)$xSocial conditions 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 $a9910819662403321 996 $aThe real disaster is above ground$94061533 997 $aUNINA