The real disaster is above ground : a mine fire & social conflict / / J. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Stephen Robert Couch

• Autore: Kroll-Smith J. Stephen <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1990; ©1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.3/497
• Soggetto topico: Mine fires - Social aspects - Pennsylvania - Centralia; Mine fires - Social aspects; Social conflict
• Soggetto geografico: Centralia (Pa.) Social conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): CouchStephen Robert
• Note generali: "Paperback edition 2009"--T. p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The real disaster is above ground
• ISBN: 0-8131-8473-8; 0-8131-5056-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787379503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II