African American miners and migrants : the Eastern Kentucky Social Club / / Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller ; afterword by William H. Turner
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| Autore: |
Wagner Thomas E
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| Titolo: |
African American miners and migrants : the Eastern Kentucky Social Club / / Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller ; afterword by William H. Turner
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| Pubblicazione: | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.896/0730769154 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Societies, etc |
| African Americans | |
| African American coal miners - Kentucky - Social life and customs | |
| Mining camps - Kentucky - History | |
| Rural-urban migration - United States | |
| Mountain life - Kentucky | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Kentucky Social life and customs |
| Benham (Ky.) Biography | |
| Lynch (Ky.) Biography | |
| Altri autori: |
ObermillerPhillip J
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-153) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. ""Coming Up on the Rough Side of the Mountain"": African Americans and Coal Camps in Appalachia""; ""2. ""Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair"": African Americans in Coal Towns""; ""3. ""I Don't Know Where To, but We're Moving"": African American Survival Strategies in Coal Towns""; ""4. ""Sing a Song of 'Welfare'"": Corporate Communities and Welfare Capitalism in Southeastern Kentucky""; ""5. ""Living Tolerably Well Together"": Life in Model Towns along Looney Creek"" |
| ""6. ""What Kept You Standing, Why Didn't You Fall?"": African Americans in Benham and Lynch""""7. ""One Close Community"": The Eastern Kentucky Social Club""; ""8. ""They Love Coming Home"": Appalachian Ties That Bind""; ""Afterword: Values, Spoken and Unspoken""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | African American miners and migrants |
| ISBN: | 1-283-60915-0 |
| 9786613921604 | |
| 0-252-09273-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821530403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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