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From the miners' doublehouse : archaeology and landscape in a Pennsylvania coal company town / Karen Bescherer Metheny.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Cl F 159 .H475 M37 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metheny, Karen Bescherer, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Subjects (All):
- Helvetia (Pa.)--Antiquities.
- Helvetia (Pa.).
- Helvetia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
- Coal miners--Pennsylvania--Helvetia--Social life and customs.
- Coal miners.
- Community life--Pennsylvania--Helvetia--History.
- Community life.
- Coal mines and mining--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Helvetia--History.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Landscapes--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Helvetia--History.
- Landscapes.
- Helvetia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Company towns--Pennsylvania--Case studies.
- Company towns.
- Helvetia (Pa.)--Biography.
- Oral history.
- Antiquities.
- Buildings.
- Coal miners--Social life and customs.
- Coal mines and mining--Social aspects.
- Landscapes--Social aspects.
- Manners and customs.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Helvetia.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Oral history.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, ©2007.
- Summary:
- "As the first archaeological and historical study of a coal company town that focuses upon the strategies its residents used to manipulate landscape and material culture to achieve personal and social goals, From the Miners' Doublehouse makes a significant contribution to historical and industrial archaeology."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Corporate paternalism and the company town
- Building the coal company town
- In the coal fields of western Pennsylvania : the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
- We live in this place
- Oral histories from Helvetia : a community remembers
- How the miner lives : material culture and worker identity in a company town
- The miners' doublehouse : an archaeological perspective
- Creating environment : the physical landscape of the mining town
- Negotiating place : social discourse in a company town
- Appendix A : select papers of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
- Appendix B : using oral histories from Helvetia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP and Balch Non-English
- OCLC WorldCat Holdings
- Other Format:
- Online version: Metheny, Karen Bescherer, 1960- From the miners' doublehouse.
- ISBN:
- 1572334959
- 9781572334953
- OCLC:
- 67727613
- Publisher Number:
- 9781572334953
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