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Anthracite's Demise and the Post-Coal Economy of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lehigh University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (136 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611461763
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anthracite's Demise and the Post-Coal Economy of Northeastern PennsylvaniaDDC classification:
  • 330.9748/3
LOC classification:
  • HD9547.P4 -- K45 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Map of Anthracite Coal Fields -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 A Brief History of Northeastern Pennsylvania's Early Settlement and Development -- 2 Bourgeois Class Formation in the Coalfields -- 3 Worker Rebellion and the Problems of Worker Solidarity -- 4 Industrial Unionism Reemerges in the Coalfields -- 5 The Post-1902 Strike Era -- 6 The Demise of Anthracite and the Rise of a Politically Organized Working Class -- 7 Subsequent Waves of Deindustrialization -- 8 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This book focuses on the development and demise of the anthracite industry in northeastern Pennsylvania. It also examines attempts to secure replacement industries and the economic consequences of these actions.
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Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Map of Anthracite Coal Fields -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 A Brief History of Northeastern Pennsylvania's Early Settlement and Development -- 2 Bourgeois Class Formation in the Coalfields -- 3 Worker Rebellion and the Problems of Worker Solidarity -- 4 Industrial Unionism Reemerges in the Coalfields -- 5 The Post-1902 Strike Era -- 6 The Demise of Anthracite and the Rise of a Politically Organized Working Class -- 7 Subsequent Waves of Deindustrialization -- 8 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book focuses on the development and demise of the anthracite industry in northeastern Pennsylvania. It also examines attempts to secure replacement industries and the economic consequences of these actions.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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