The face of decline
Subtitle: the Pennsylvania anthracite region in the twentieth century
By: Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht.
Contributors: Licht, Walter, 1946-
Publisher: Cornell University Press; Brand: Cornell University Press; NCROL
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801434693
Subjects: Anthracite coal industry -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century; Coal miners -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century; Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Creating the anthracite region : from prehistoric times to 1900; title: Apogee and descent : the anthracite region in the early twentieth century; title: The anthracite miners' new deal : the thirties; title: Reprieve and final collapse, 1940-1970 : capital and labor respond; title: Industrial development efforts : community and governmental responses; title: Personal responses to decline : fathers and mothers, 1945-1990; title: Personal responses to decline : sons and daughters, 1945-1990; title: Legacies.