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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Shackel, Paul A. (1959-....)
Titre(s) : The ruined anthracite [Texte imprimé] : historical trauma in coal-mining communities / Paul A. Shackel
Publication : Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii-224 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Working class in American history
Lien à la collection : The working class in American history
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Once a busy if impoverished center for the anthracite coal industry, northeastern
Pennsylvania exists today as a region suffering inexorable decline--racked by economic
hardship and rampant opioid abuse, abandoned by young people, and steeped in xenophobic
fear. Paul A. Shackel merges analysis with oral history to document the devastating
effects of a lifetime of structural violence on the people who have stayed behind.
Heroic stories of workers facing the dangers of underground mining stand beside accounts
of people living their lives in a toxic environment and battling deprivation and starvation
by foraging, bartering, and relying on the good will of neighbors. As Shackel reveals
the effects of these long-term traumas, he sheds light on people's poor health and
lack of well-being. The result is a valuable on-the-ground perspective that expands
our understanding of the social fracturing, economic decay, and anger afflicting many
communities across the United States. Insightful and dramatic, The Ruined Anthracite
combines archaeology, documentary research, and oral history to render the ongoing
human cost of environmental devastation and unchecked capitalism"
Sujet(s) : Charbon -- Industrie et commerce -- Scranton (Pa., États-Unis)
Désindustrialisation -- Scranton (Pa., États-Unis)
Exclusion sociale -- Scranton (Pa., États-Unis)
Conditions sociales -- Scranton (Pa., États-Unis)
Indice(s) Dewey :
338.272 40973 (23e éd.) = Charbon (industrie minière) - Etats-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780252045141
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb472768497
Notice n° :
FRBNF47276849
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Structural violence in the anthracite ; Coal and people ; Living in the anthracite
; The Duplan Silk Mill and the garment industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania ; Food
insecurities in the anthracite ; The toxic anthracite environment ; Traditions,
traditional medicines, and powwowers ; Remembering the anthracite ; The making of
contemporary Northeastern Pennsylvania and the city of Hazleton ; Some challenges
facing a deindustrialized community
