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People of Coal Town / Herman R. Lantz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lantz, Herman R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal miners--United States.
- Coal miners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1958]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Presents the story of life in a coal-mining community with the goal of enriching our understanding of community processes and understanding the daily risks to life and limb and the courage of the people.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Chronology of Events for Coal Town
- Introduction
- Preindustrial Surroundings
- A Coal Camp
- The Native Looks at Coal Town
- The Immigrant Looks at Coal Town
- A Wide-Open Town
- The Meaning of Mining
- Family Patterns in Coal Town
- Prosperity and Decline
- Social Class Structure in Coal Town
- Life in Coal Town: Themes and Values
- Aspects of Methodology
- The Early Upper-Class Residents of the Area
- Attitudes of Native Farmers Toward Coal Mining
- Autobiography
- The Establishment of Organized Religion
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-88789-2
- OCLC:
- 1100447216
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