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Author Shackel, Paul A., author

Title An archaeology of unchecked capitalism : from the American rustbelt to the developing world / Paul A. Shackel
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (x, 145 pages)
Contents List of Illustrations; Preface Introduction Chapter 1. The History of Race in the Anthracite Coal Region; Chapter 2. An Archaeology of Immigration, Race, and Poverty in the Anthracite Coal Region; Chapter 3. Historic Trauma: Health and Well-Being in Northeastern Pennsylvania; Chapter 4. Offshoring the Textile Industry and Tragedy; Chapter 5. Offshoring Mining Industries and Tragedy Conclusion: Difficult Histories are a Reality in the Present References
Summary "The racialization of immigrant labor and the labor strife in the coal and textile communities in northeastern Pennsylvania appears to be an isolated incident in history. Rather this history can serve as a touchstone, connecting the history of the exploited laborers to today's labor in the global economy. By drawing parallels between the past and present - for example, the coal mines of the nineteenth-century northeastern Pennsylvania and the sweatshops of the twenty-first century in Bangladesh - we can have difficult conversations about the past and advance our commitment to address social justice issues"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Coal miners -- Pennsylvania -- History
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- History
Textile workers -- Bangladesh -- History
Sweatshops -- Bangladesh -- History
Capitalism -- Social aspects
Social justice.
Archaeology.
Social Justice
Archaeology
archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Archaeology
Capitalism -- Social aspects
Coal miners
Coal mines and mining
Social justice
Sweatshops
Textile workers
Bangladesh
Pennsylvania
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019041781
ISBN 1789205484
9781789205480