LEADER 04311nam 22008413u 450 001 9910972996103321 005 20240410195033.0 010 $a9781457110726 010 $a1457110725 010 $a9781607320685 010 $a1607320681 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053748 035 $a(EBL)710223 035 $a(OCoLC)775301690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484877 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11318018 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484877 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595200 035 $a(PQKB)10772175 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039729 035 $a(Perlego)2030893 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053748 100 $a20130701d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHard As the Rock Itself 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSebastopol $cUniversity Press of Colorado$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 0 $aMining the American West Hard as the rock itself 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781607320760 311 08$a1607320762 327 $aCover; 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" 327 $aHard 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; Z 330 $aThe 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, Color 606 $aCities and towns -- United States -- Social conditions 606 $aCoal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- History 606 $aCoal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- History 606 $aGroup identity -- United States -- Case studies 606 $aMines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- History 606 $aCoal mines and mining$xHistory$zToluca$zIllinois$vCase studies 606 $aCoal mines and mining$xHistory$zCokedale$zColorado 606 $aMines and mineral resources$xHistory$zOklahoma$zPicher 606 $aCities and towns$xSocial conditions$zUnited States 606 $aGroup identity$zUnited States 606 $aBusiness & Economics$2HILCC 606 $aIndustries$2HILCC 615 4$aCities and towns -- United States -- Social conditions. 615 4$aCoal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- History. 615 4$aCoal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- History. 615 4$aGroup identity -- United States -- Case studies. 615 4$aMines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- History. 615 0$aCoal mines and mining$xHistory 615 0$aCoal mines and mining$xHistory 615 0$aMines and mineral resources$xHistory 615 0$aCities and towns$xSocial conditions 615 0$aGroup identity 615 7$aBusiness & Economics 615 7$aIndustries 676 $a307.76 60973 676 $a307.7660973 700 $aRobertson$b David$089030 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972996103321 996 $aHard As the Rock Itself$94368051 997 $aUNINA