Coalcracker Culture: Work and Values in Pennsylvania Anthracite, 1835-1935 » (New Edition)

Aurand (emeritus, history, The Pennsylvania State U.), who grew up in one of the anthracite coal mining towns whose society he describes, drew on interviews, oral history collections, industry archives, government publications, historical archives, and contemporary newspapers and trade journals for his research. The first two sections describe the geographical setting, town life, working conditions, pay, and sociology of the work life in the mines. These provide the context for the book's final section, where the values shared among the coal miners are analyzed and described. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR