Hard as the rock itself : place and identity in the American mining town / David Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, David, 1966-

Series:

Mining the American West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal mines and mining--Illinois--Toluca--History.

Coal mines and mining.

Coal mines and mining--Colorado--Cokedale--History.

Mines and mineral resources--Oklahoma--Picher--History.

Mines and mineral resources.

Cities and towns--United States--Social conditions.

Cities and towns.

Group identity--United States--Case studies.

Group identity.

Social conditions.

History.

United States.

Oklahoma--Picher.

Colorado--Cokedale.

Illinois--Toluca.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2006]

Contents:

The mining imaginary : place, identity, and the mining landscape

Toluca : the Longwall mining district. A "rip-roaring" town. Mine closure and community survival. Mining's legacies. Saving the jumbos. Reclaiming the jumbos

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

Picher : the tri-state mining district. Landscape and identity in early Picher. "Sores beyond cure." Hard as the rock itself. Mine closure and community survival. The tragedy of Tar Creek. Whither relocation? The "town that Jack built"

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.

ISBN:

0870818503

OCLC:

68799582

Publisher Number:

9780870818509