Coal Dust on Your Feet The Rise, Decline, and Restoration of an Anthracite Mining Town |
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| Author:
| MacGaffey, Janet |
| Series title: | Stories of the Susquehanna Valley Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61148-513-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $126.00 |
Book Description:
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Coal Dust on Your Feet is a historical ethnography of Shamokin, Pennsylvania and its surrounding borough of Coal Township. This anthracite coal fueled the industrial revolution and its miners generated the rise of organized labor, both of which make the region of northeast Pennsylvania one of great economic and historic importance. The ......
Coal Dust on Your Feet is a historical ethnography of Shamokin, Pennsylvania and its surrounding borough of Coal Township. This anthracite coal fueled the industrial revolution and its miners generated the rise of organized labor, both of which make the region of northeast Pennsylvania one of great economic and historic importance. The ......