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An archaeology of structural violence : life in a twentieth-century coal town / Michael P. Roller ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel.
Penn Museum Library HD8039.M615 R65 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roller, Michael P., author.
- Shackel, Paul A., author of foreword.
- Series:
- Cultural heritage studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal miners--Violence against--Pennsylvania.
- Coal miners.
- Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania.
- Anthracite coal industry.
- Industrial archaeology--Pennsylvania.
- Industrial archaeology.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2018]
- Summary:
- An Archaeology of Structural Violence: Life in a Twentieth-Century Coal Town addresses topics such as the approach to the structural violence of everyday life in the twentieth century, the relationship between migrants and the sovereignty of political states, racialization, and the labor needs of late industrial capitalism.
- Contents:
- An archaeology of the twentieth century in the anthracite coal region of northeast Pennsylvania
- History of the anthracite region, 1830 to 1897
- The memory of violence: the Lattimer Massacre of 1897
- Migration, part 1: The social and material landscape of the company town
- The archaeology of machinic mass consumerism and the logistics of the factory floor in everyday life
- Migration, part 2: Emancipation and catastrophe
- The destructive character: renewal and memory
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813056081
- 081305608X
- OCLC:
- 1029791329
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