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Do, die, or get along : a tale of two Appalachian towns / Peter Crow

Author
Crow, Peter, 1942-
Published
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]
Copyright Date
©2007
Physical Description
xxiv, 220 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

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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.
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ISBN
0820328634 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820328638 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0820328715 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820328713 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
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