Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia (Rural Studies Series of the Rural Sociological Society)
This new book contains a wealth of information about work experiences and work relations of several women who entered coal mining as an occupation. --GoldensealHer writing is elegant and compassionate. . . . Tallichet's study will be a valuable addition to the literature exploring the nature of our socially constructed world, the ways in which we are assigned our place and the small acts of resistance, which cause the 'normal' to be adjusted to the complexity of human life. --Frank Bonner, Work, Employment and SocietyThe book is very well written, and Tallichet is careful to substantiate her claims with the rich data she collected over fifteen years. She treats her subjects with respect and recognizes the tensions, contradictions and fault lines in their collective accounts of working in the mines. This is the work of a seasoned social researcher. --Mary Margaret Fonow, Contemporary SociologyHer writing is elegant and compassionate. . . . Tallichet's study will be a valuable addition to the literature exploring the nature of our socially constructed world, the ways in which we are assigned our place and the small acts of resistance, which cause the 'normal' to be adjusted to the complexity of human life. --Frank Bonner, Work, Employment and SocietyThe book is very well written, and Tallichet is careful to substantiate her claims with the rich data she collected over fifteen years. She treats her subjects with respect and recognizes the tensions, contradictions and fault lines in their collective accounts of working in the mines. This is the work of a seasoned social researcher. --Mary Margaret Fonow, Contemporary Sociology