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Author Robertson, David, 1966-

Title Hard as the rock itself : place and identity in the American mining town / David Robertson
Edition 1st pbk. ed
Published Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2010, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Mining the American West
Mining the American West.
Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- The Mining Imaginary -- Place, Identity, and the Mining Landscape -- 2. TOLUCA -- The Longwall Mining District -- A Rip-Roaring Town -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- Mining�s Legacies -- Saving the Jumbos -- Reclaiming the Jumbos -- 3. COKEDALE -- The Trinidad Coal Field -- A Model Company Town -- The Utopian Myth -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- Life and Landscape in the Post-Mining Era -- Preserving Cokedale -- 4. PICHER
The Tri-State Mining DistrictLandscape and Identity in Early Picher -- “Sores Beyond Cure� -- Hard As the Rock Itself -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- The Tragedy of Tar Creek -- Whither Relocation? -- The “Town that Jack Built� -- 5. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- History
Coal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- History
Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- History
Cities and towns -- United States -- Social conditions
Group identity -- United States -- Case studies
HISTORY/United States/ State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Cities and towns -- Social conditions
Coal mines and mining
Group identity
Mines and mineral resources
Colorado -- Cokedale
Illinois -- Toluca
Oklahoma -- Picher
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781607320685
1607320681