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Hard as the rock itself: place and identity in the American mining town

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dc.contributor.authorRobertson, David, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:41:44Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:41:44Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description2010: first paperback edition.
dc.description.tableofcontentsThe mining imaginary: place, identity, and the mining landscape -- Toluca: the Longwall mining district. A "rip-roaring" town. Mine closure and community survival. Mining's legacies. Saving the jumbos. Reclaiming the jumbos -- Cokedale: the Trinidad coal field. A model company town. The utopian myth. Mine closure and community survival. Life and landscape in the post-mining era. Preserving Cokedale -- Picher: the tri-state mining district. Landscape and identity in early Picher. "Sores beyond cure." Hard as the rock itself. Mine closure and community survival. The tragedy of Tar Creek. Whither relocation? The "town that Jack built" -- Conclusion.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87661
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
dc.relation.ispartofMining the American West
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectCoal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Toluca -- History
dc.subjectCoal mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cokedale -- History
dc.subjectMines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma -- Picher -- History
dc.subjectCities and towns -- United States -- Social conditions
dc.subjectGroup identity -- United States -- Case studies
dc.titleHard as the rock itself: place and identity in the American mining town
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