Anthracite's demise and the post-coal economy of North Eastern Pennsylvania /

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Author / Creator:Keil, Thomas J.
Imprint:Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015]
Description:xv,145 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10300565
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Other authors / contributors:Keil, Jacqueline M.
ISBN:9781611461756 (cloth : alk. paper)
1611461758 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611461763 (electronic)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index.
Table of 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