Hard As the Rock Itself.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, David.

Series:

Mining the American West Hard as the rock itself

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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--Case studies.

Coal mines and mining.

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

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

Mines and mineral resources.

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

Cities and towns.

Group identity--United States.

Group identity.

Local Subjects:

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol : University Press of Colorado, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781457110726

1457110725

9781607320685

1607320681

OCLC:

775301690