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People of Coal Town / Herman R. Lantz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1958]Copyright date: ©1958Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231922746
  • 9780231887892
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.7622 L296p
LOC classification:
  • HN57 .L33
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
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
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231887892

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)