Here and there : reading Pennsylvania's working landscapes / Bill Conlogue

Author: Conlogue, William
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Physical Description: xviii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Contents

Working watersheds -- Merwin and mining -- Fixing fence -- Barn razing -- Other places -- Rendering the mounds of home.

Summary

"A collection of essays exploring the social, economic, and environmental elements of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania"--Provided by publisher.

Subject(s)

Conlogue, William
Anthracite coal mines and mining—Environmental aspects—Pennsylvania—History
Anthracite coal mines and mining—Social aspects—Pennsylvania—History
Land use—Pennsylvania—History
Coal mines and mining in literature
Pennsylvania—Social conditions—History
Pennsylvania—Economic conditions—History

ISBN

9780271060804 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271060808 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 205-220) and index.

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