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The face of decline : the Pennsylvania anthracite region in the twentieth century Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA HD 9547 .P4 D83 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dublin, Thomas, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- Anthracite coal industry.
- Coal miners--Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- Coal miners.
- Pennsylvania--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 277 p. : ill., ports., map, charts ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- Creating the anthracite region : from prehistoric times to 1900
- Apogee and descent : the anthracite region in the early twentieth century
- The anthracite miners' new deal : the thirties
- Reprieve and final collapse, 1940-1970 : capital and labor respond
- Industrial development efforts : community and governmental responses
- Personal responses to decline : fathers and mothers, 1945-1990
- Personal responses to decline : sons and daughters, 1945-1990
- Legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801434696 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801484731 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 60558740
- Publisher Number:
- 9780801434693
- 9780801484735
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