Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns of Southern Appalachia, 1880-1960
by Crandall A. Shifflett
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Presents a history of Southern Appalachian coal towns from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Drawing on oral histories, company records, and census data, the author reveals that miners and their families attributed benefits to the mining companies that are not commonly understood. Also suggests that miners felt more control over their destiny and their communities than previously thought.Tags
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Well documented study of real company towns and the views of the people who lived in them. Hint, they weren't as bad as rumored by so-called experts.
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- 974 — History & geography History of North America Northeastern United States (New England and Middle Atlantic states)
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- F217 .A65 .S54 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history The South. South Atlantic States
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