Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.
Contents
Creating the anthracite region : from prehistoric times to 1900 -- Apogee and descent : the anthracite region in the early twentieth century -- The anthracite miners' new deal : the thirties -- Reprieve and final collapse, 1940-1970 : capital and labor respond -- Industrial development efforts : community and governmental responses -- Personal responses to decline : fathers and mothers, 1945-1990 -- Personal responses to decline : sons and daughters, 1945-1990 -- Legacies.
