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Do, die, or get along : a tale of two Appalachian towns
- Title
- Do, die, or get along : a tale of two Appalachian towns / Peter Crow.
- Author
- Crow, Peter, 1942-
- Publication
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xxiv, 220 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Coal mines and mining > Virginia > Dante > History
- Saint Paul (Va.) > Social conditions
- Company towns > Virginia > Case studies
- Saint Paul (Va.) > Biography
- Community life > Virginia > Saint Paul
- Dante (Va.) > Biography
- Oral history
- Community life > Virginia > Dante
- Coal mines and mining > Virginia > Saint Paul > History
- Dante (Va.) > Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
- Contents
- Frontier times -- Incorporated town: early years -- Company town: early years -- Immigrant labor -- Wild times in St. Paul -- Civility in St. Paul -- Great Depression and Dante -- Race relations in Dante -- Unionization -- The two towns interfacing, diverging -- Mining safety -- The Strip Mine Act of 1977 -- Regional planning and river politics -- Company town with no company -- The Pittston Strike of 1989-90 -- Changing attitudes -- Women, conservationists, and the economy -- Education and youth -- Changing strategy for regional renewal -- No-company town fights on.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-2324
- ISBN
- 0820328634 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780820328638 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0820328715 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780820328713 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006014019
- OCLC
- 68416649
- Author
- Crow, Peter, 1942-
- Title
- Do, die, or get along : a tale of two Appalachian towns / Peter Crow.
- Imprint
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-2324