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Coalcracker culture : work and values in Pennsylvania anthracite, 1835-1935 Harold W. Aurand
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA HD 8039 .M62 U6135 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aurand, Harold W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal miners--Pennsylvania--History.
- Coal miners.
- Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania--History.
- Anthracite coal industry.
- Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--History.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Pennsylvania--Economic conditions.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Social conditions.
- Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c2003.
- Contents:
- The region and its industry
- Life in the coal towns
- The colliery
- Working conditions
- The sociology of work
- Pay
- The great fear
- Self-reliance
- Reciprocity
- Inferiority and pride.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1575910640 (alk. paper)
- 9781575910642 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 51022735
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