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People Of Coal Town
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Author : Herman R. Lantz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-09
People Of Coal Town written by Herman R. Lantz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
People Of Coal Town Classic Reprint
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Author : Herman R. Lantz
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-04-23
People Of Coal Town Classic Reprint written by Herman R. Lantz and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-23 with Family & Relationships categories.
Excerpt from People of Coal Town The need for basic research in the natural sciences has long been recognized. Of equal significance if social science is to develop is the need for basic research into the personal and social processes of human existence. This need is recognized by social scientists and its recognition is manifest in their orientation and conception of social research. The study reported here is in line with this develop ment; in the pages to follow a description and an analysis of life, past and present, in a coal-mining community will be offered. The particular form of this analysis, the community study, repre sents a type of research which has had. Considerable appeal both for the professional social scientist and for the layman. For the professional the possibilities of the richness afforded by seeing life in a total setting are intriguing. For the layman these studies pos sess a vitality and zest which make their characters come to life and unfold a quality which is moving and real. Further, the community study, quite apart from any professional merits, is a potent way of communicating basic social science insights, and it takes what may normally be for the untrained observer a dull scheme of jargon and integrates this into a dynamic system providing insights into living people. Throughout the development of this study we have been conscious of the potentialities for the fullest realization of our data and we have tried to communicate our findings in a way which would be meaningful to our colleagues as well as to the layman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
People Of Coal Town By H R Lantz With The Assistance Of J S Mccrary
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Author : Herman R. LANTZ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
People Of Coal Town By H R Lantz With The Assistance Of J S Mccrary written by Herman R. LANTZ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.
People Of Coal Town With The Assistance Of J S Mccrary
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
People Of Coal Town With The Assistance Of J S Mccrary written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.
Coal Towns
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Author : Crandall A. Shifflett
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 1991
Coal Towns written by Crandall A. Shifflett and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Business & Economics categories.
Using oral histories, company records, and census data, Crandall A. Shifflett paints a vivid portrait of miners and their families in southern Appalachian coal towns from the late nineteenth into the mid-twentieth century. He finds that, compared to their earlier lives on subsistence farms, coal-town life was not all bad. Shifflett examines how this view, quite common among the oral histories of these working families, has been obscured by the middle-class biases of government studies and the Edenic myth of preindustrial Appalachia propagated by some historians. From their own point of view, mining families left behind a life of hard labor and drafty weatherboard homes. With little time for such celebrated arts as tale-telling and quilting, preindustrial mountain people strung more beans than dulcimers. In addition, the rural population was growing, and farmland was becoming scarce. What the families recall about the coal towns contradicts the popular image of mining life. Most miners did not owe their souls to the company store, and most mining companies were not unusually harsh taskmasters. Former miners and their families remember such company benefits as indoor plumbing, regular income, and leisure activities. They also recall the United Mine Workers of America as bringing not only pay raises and health benefits but work stoppages and violent confrontations. Far from being mere victims of historical forces, miners and their families shaped their own destiny by forging a new working-class culture out of the adaptation of their rural values to the demands of industrial life. This new culture had many continuities with the older one. Out of the closely knit social ties they brought from farming communities, mining families created their own safety net for times of economic downturn. Shifflett recognizes the dangers and hardships of coal-town life but also shows the resilience of Appalachian people in adapting their culture to a new environment. Crandall A. Shifflett is an associate professor of history at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Joe Arrived Dead
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Author : John Lynas
language : en
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
Release Date : 2008-01
Joe Arrived Dead written by John Lynas and has been published by Trafford on Demand Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01 with History categories.
Joe Arrived Dead is a well researched and intuitive study into the origins of a Yorkshire coal town and the people involved in its inception. It details subsequent events with particular reference to the effects on the communities of Hemsworth and Kinsley and the reactions of named local inhabitants. Sufficient detail on subjects such as tthe "Board of Guardians", "the Yorkshire Miners Association" and the 'new' "Independant Labour Party" has been given to maintain relevance and perspective, but it is the author's obvious clear and overwhelming intention to place emphasis on the normally forgotten heroes rather than on the often reported few that makes Joe Arrived Dead so refreshing. Wirtten with energy and humour, the obvious empathy the author has for those he is writing about is apparent throughout; he is convincing in his contention that we can and should all learn from events such as these. The work will clearly be of great interest not only to local historians and descendants of inhabitants who kindly provided photographs and other materials for inclusion, but to those from geographically distant mining areas and those experienceing struggles in unrelated areas who have witnessed, endured, or been brought up on similar stories of the working man's indomitability against all odds.
An Archaeology Of Structural Violence
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Author : Michael P. Roller
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2018-10-17
An Archaeology Of Structural Violence written by Michael P. Roller and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-17 with Social Science categories.
“Brilliantly underscores how the manifestations of modern alienation and social inequality must be at the center of any truly anthropological analysis in the twenty-first century. This fantastic volume makes us comprehend the immense complexities of violent modernity and will compel us to critically interrogate our past, our present, and our future.”—Daniel O. Sayers, author of A Desolate Place for a Defiant People: The Archaeology of Maroons, Indigenous Americans, and Enslaved Laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp Drawing on material evidence from daily life in a coal-mining town, this book offers an up-close view of the political economy of the United States over the course of the twentieth century. This community’s story illustrates the great ironies of this era, showing how modernist progress and plenty were inseparable from the destructive cycles of capitalism. At the heart of this book is one of the bloodiest yet least-known acts of labor violence in American history, the 1897 Lattimer Massacre, in which 19 striking immigrant mineworkers were killed and 40 more were injured. Michael Roller looks beneath this moment of outright violence at the everyday material and spatial conditions that supported it, pointing to the growth of shanty enclaves on the periphery of the town that reveal the reliance of coal companies on immigrant surplus labor. Roller then documents the changing landscape of the region after the event as the anthracite coal industry declined, as well as community redevelopment efforts in the late twentieth century. This rare sustained geographical focus and long historical view illuminates the rise of soft forms of power and violence over workers, citizens, and consumers between the late 1800s and the present day. Roller expertly blends archaeology, labor history, ethnography, and critical social theory to demonstrate how the archaeology of the recent past can uncover the deep foundations of today’s social troubles. Michael P. Roller is a research affiliate of the Anthropology Department of the University of Maryland. Currently, he is employed as an archaeologist for the National Park Service. A volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel
Dorchester And Its People
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Author : Gladys Julian Stallard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Dorchester And Its People written by Gladys Julian Stallard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Company towns categories.
Coal People
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Author : Richard J. Clyne
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 1999
Coal People written by Richard J. Clyne and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The area of focus for this study is the coal towns in Las Animas and Huerfano counties.
Coal Town
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Author : Toby Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Coal Town written by Toby Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Organized at the turn of the century in northeast New Mexico, Dawson grew into one of the Southwest's major coal producers. It was once a bustling town of more than 6,000 people. Run by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Dawson also became a place that was different than any other company town. Coal Town tells the story of the ordinary people of Dawson, it follows the town's rough-and-tumble beginnings through its glory years just before World War I. It tracks the community's struggles during the Depression, and, finally, its demise in 1950.