Hard As the Rock Itself

• Autore: Robertson David
• Pubblicazione: Sebastopol, : University Press of Colorado, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76 60973; 307.7660973
• Soggetto topico: Cities 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 mining - History - Toluca - Illinois; Coal mines and mining - History - Cokedale - Colorado; Mines and mineral resources - History - Oklahoma - Picher; Cities and towns - Social conditions - United States; Group identity - United States; Business & Economics; Industries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hard As the Rock Itself
• ISBN: 9781457110726; 1457110725; 9781607320685; 1607320681
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972996103321
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