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Author Crow, Peter, 1942-

Title Do, die, or get along : a tale of two Appalachian towns / Peter Crow
Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 220 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Frontier times -- Incorporated town: early years -- Company town: early years -- Immigrant labor -- Wild times in St. Paul -- Civility in St. Paul -- Great Depression and Dante -- Race relations in Dante -- Unionization -- The two towns interfacing, diverging -- Mining safety -- The Strip Mine Act of 1977 -- Regional planning and river politics -- Company town with no company -- The Pittston Strike of 1989-90 -- Changing attitudes -- Women, conservationists, and the economy -- Education and youth -- Changing strategy for regional renewal -- No-company town fights on
Summary St. Paul and Dante are six miles apart; measured in other ways, the distance can be greater. Dante, for decades a company town controlled at all levels by the mine owners, has only a recent history of civic initiative. In St. Paul, which arose at a railroad junction, public debate, entrepreneurship, and education found a more receptive home. The speakers are men and women, wealthy and poor, black and white, old-timers and newcomers. Their concerns and interests range widely, including the battle over strip mining, efforts to control flooding, the 1989-90 Pittston strike, the nationally acclaimed Wetlands Estonoa Project, and the grassroots revitalization of both towns led by the St. Paul Tomorrow and Dante Lives On organizations. Their talk of the past often invokes an ethos, rooted in the hand-to-mouth pioneer era, of short-term gain. Just as frequently, however, talk turns to more recent times, when community leaders, corporations, unions, the federal government, and environmental groups have begun to seek accord based on what will be best, in the long run, for the towns
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Oral history.
Community life -- Virginia -- Saint Paul
Community life -- Virginia -- Dante
Coal mines and mining -- Virginia -- Saint Paul -- History
Coal mines and mining -- Virginia -- Dante -- History
Company towns -- Virginia -- Case studies
HISTORY -- State & Local.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
Coal mines and mining
Community life
Company towns
Oral history
Social conditions
SUBJECT Saint Paul (Va.) -- Biography
Dante (Va.) -- Biography
Saint Paul (Va.) -- Social conditions
Dante (Va.) -- Social conditions
Subject Virginia
Virginia -- Dante
Virginia -- Saint Paul
Genre/Form Biographies
Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780820338972
0820338974