St. Clair, a nineteenth-century coal town's experience with a disaster-prone industry Anthony F.C. Wallace ; with maps and technical drawings by Robert Howard

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal miners--Pennsylvania--St. Clair--History--19th century.

Coal miners.

Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--St. Clair--History--19th century.

Coal mines and mining.

St. Clair (Pa.)--Social conditions.

St. Clair (Pa.).

Physical Description:

xvii, 519 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1988.

Contents:

Mining anthracite

The development of St. Clair

A workingman's town

Illusions of the coal trade

The politics of safety

Justice and violence

A state called anthracite.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-500) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0801499003 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780801499005 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

17768789