From the miners' doublehouse : archaeology and landscape in a Pennsylvania coal company town

From the miners' doublehouse : archaeology and landscape in a Pennsylvania coal company town / Karen Bescherer Metheny.

Author/creator	Metheny, Karen Bescherer, 1960-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2007.
Description	xxix, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Coal miners--Pennsylvania --Helvetia --Social life and customs. Community life--Pennsylvania --Helvetia --History. Coal mines and mining--Social aspects --Pennsylvania --Helvetia --History. Landscapes--Social aspects --Pennsylvania --Helvetia --History. Company towns--Pennsylvania --Case studies. Oral history. Helvetia (Pa.)--Antiquities. Helvetia (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Helvetia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Helvetia (Pa.)--Biography.

Contents	Corporate paternalism and the company town -- Building the coal company town -- In the coal fields of western Pennsylvania : the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company -- We live in this place -- Oral histories from Helvetia : a community remembers -- How the miner lives : material culture and worker identity in a company town -- The miners' doublehouse : an archaeological perspective -- Creating environment : the physical landscape of the mining town -- Negotiating place : social discourse in a company town -- Appendix A : select papers of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company -- Appendix B : using oral histories from Helvetia.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index.
LCCN	2006011487
ISBN	1572334959 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781572334953

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F159.H475 M37 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold