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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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The Face of Decline
Author: Thomas L. Dublin
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501707299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania once prospered. Today, very little mining or industry remains, although residents have made valiant efforts to restore the fabric of their communities. In The Face of Decline, the noted historians Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht offer a sweeping history of this area over the course of the twentieth century. Combining business, labor, social, political, and environmental history, Dublin and Licht delve into coal communities to explore grassroots ethnic life and labor activism, economic revitalization, and the varied impact of economic decline across generations of mining families. The Face of Decline also features the responses to economic crisis of organized capital and labor, local business elites, redevelopment agencies, and state and federal governments. Dublin and Licht draw on a remarkable range of sources: oral histories and survey questionnaires; documentary photographs; the records of coal companies, local governments, and industrial development corporations; federal censuses; and community newspapers. The authors examine the impact of enduring economic decline across a wide region but focus especially on a small group of mining communities in the region's Panther Valley, from Jim Thorpe through Lansford to Tamaqua. The authors also place the anthracite region within a broader conceptual framework, comparing anthracite's decline to parallel developments in European coal basins and Appalachia and to deindustrialization in the United States more generally.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501707299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania once prospered. Today, very little mining or industry remains, although residents have made valiant efforts to restore the fabric of their communities. In The Face of Decline, the noted historians Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht offer a sweeping history of this area over the course of the twentieth century. Combining business, labor, social, political, and environmental history, Dublin and Licht delve into coal communities to explore grassroots ethnic life and labor activism, economic revitalization, and the varied impact of economic decline across generations of mining families. The Face of Decline also features the responses to economic crisis of organized capital and labor, local business elites, redevelopment agencies, and state and federal governments. Dublin and Licht draw on a remarkable range of sources: oral histories and survey questionnaires; documentary photographs; the records of coal companies, local governments, and industrial development corporations; federal censuses; and community newspapers. The authors examine the impact of enduring economic decline across a wide region but focus especially on a small group of mining communities in the region's Panther Valley, from Jim Thorpe through Lansford to Tamaqua. The authors also place the anthracite region within a broader conceptual framework, comparing anthracite's decline to parallel developments in European coal basins and Appalachia and to deindustrialization in the United States more generally.
Shortage of Coal
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on manufactures - Subcommittee
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Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Shortage of Coal
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Pages : 844
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Shortage of Coal
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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Anthracite Coal Shortages
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
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Category : Anthracite coal
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Category : Anthracite coal
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Shortage of Coal
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures. Subcommittee on S. Res. 163
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Blackout
Author: Richard Heinberg
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 0865716560
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy. China and India's ferocious economic growth is based almost entirely on coal-generated electricity. Coal currently looks like a solution to many of our fast-growing energy problems. However, while coal advocates are urging full steam ahead, increasing reliance on the dirtiest of all fossil fuels has crucial implications for the global climate, energy policy, the world economy, and geopolitics. Drawbacks to a coal-based energy strategy include: Scarcity - new studies suggest that the peak of world coal production may actually be less than two decades away. Cost - the quality of produced coal is declining, while the expense of transport is rising, leading to spiraling costs and increasing shortages. Climate impacts - our ability to deal with the historic challenge of climate change will hinge on reducing our coal consumption in future years. Blackout goes to the heart of the tough energy questions that will dominate every sphere of public policy throughout the first half of this century, and is a must-read for planners, educators, and anyone concerned about energy consumption, peak oil and climate change.
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 0865716560
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy. China and India's ferocious economic growth is based almost entirely on coal-generated electricity. Coal currently looks like a solution to many of our fast-growing energy problems. However, while coal advocates are urging full steam ahead, increasing reliance on the dirtiest of all fossil fuels has crucial implications for the global climate, energy policy, the world economy, and geopolitics. Drawbacks to a coal-based energy strategy include: Scarcity - new studies suggest that the peak of world coal production may actually be less than two decades away. Cost - the quality of produced coal is declining, while the expense of transport is rising, leading to spiraling costs and increasing shortages. Climate impacts - our ability to deal with the historic challenge of climate change will hinge on reducing our coal consumption in future years. Blackout goes to the heart of the tough energy questions that will dominate every sphere of public policy throughout the first half of this century, and is a must-read for planners, educators, and anyone concerned about energy consumption, peak oil and climate change.
Shortage of Sugar and Coal
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Manufactures
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 1650
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 1650
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Coal Age
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Vols. for 1955-1962 include: Mining guidebook and buying directory.
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Vols. for 1955-1962 include: Mining guidebook and buying directory.
Defense
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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