Coalcracker culture
Subtitle: work and values in Pennsylvania anthracite, 1835-1935
By: Harold W. Aurand.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Selinsgrove; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Coal miners -- Pennsylvania -- History.; Anthracite coal industry -- Pennsylvania -- History.; Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- History.; Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions.; Pennsylvania -- Social conditions.; Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs.
Description: Coalcracker Culture traces the evolution of a distinct regional culture in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: The region and its industry; title: Life in the coal towns; title: The colliery; title: Working conditions; title: The sociology of work; title: Pay; title: The great fear; title: Self-reliance; title: Reciprocity; title: Inferiority and pride.