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BL
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1036395
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b790765
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| Main Entry
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Robertson, David,1966-
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| Title & Author
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Hard as the rock itself : : place and identity in the American mining town /\ David Robertson.
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| Edition Statement
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1st pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Boulder, Colo. :: University Press of Colorado,, 2010, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Mining the American West
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1607320681
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: 9781607320685
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0870818503
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9780870818509
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9781607320760
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- The Mining Imaginary -- Place, Identity, and the Mining Landscape -- 2. TOLUCA -- The Longwall Mining District -- A Rip-Roaring Town -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- Mining�s Legacies -- Saving the Jumbos -- Reclaiming the Jumbos -- 3. COKEDALE -- The Trinidad Coal Field -- A Model Company Town -- The Utopian Myth -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- Life and Landscape in the Post-Mining Era -- Preserving Cokedale -- 4. PICHER
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The Tri-State Mining DistrictLandscape and Identity in Early Picher -- “Sores Beyond Cure� -- Hard As the Rock Itself -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- The Tragedy of Tar Creek -- Whither Relocation? -- The “Town that Jack Built� -- 5. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
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Cities and towns-- United States-- Social conditions.
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Coal mines and mining-- Colorado-- Cokedale-- History.
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Coal mines and mining-- Illinois-- Toluca-- History.
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Group identity-- United States, Case studies.
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Mines and mineral resources-- Oklahoma-- Picher-- History.
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Cities and towns-- Social conditions.
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Coal mines and mining.
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Group identity.
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HISTORY/United States/ State Local-- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Mines and mineral resources.
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Colorado, Cokedale.
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Illinois, Toluca.
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Oklahoma, Picher.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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307.76/60973
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| LC Classification
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HD9548.T65R63 2010eb
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