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

"As the first archaeological and historical study of a coal company town that focuses upon the strategies its residents used to manipulate landscape and material culture to achieve personal and social goals, From the Miners' Doublehouse makes a significant contribution to historical and in...

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Main Author: Metheny, Karen Bescherer, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:Middle English
Published: Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, ©2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
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.
Mineurs de charbon > Pennsylvanie > Helvetia > MĖurs et coutumes.
Communauté > Pennsylvanie > Helvetia > Histoire.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Aspect social > Pennsylvanie > Helvetia > Histoire.
Paysages > Aspect social > Pennsylvanie > Helvetia > Histoire.
Company towns > Pennsylvanie > Cas, Études de.
Histoire orale.
Mineurs de charbon > Pennsylvanie > Helvetia > Mœurs et coutumes.
Antiquities.
Buildings.
Coal miners > Social life and customs.
Coal mines and mining > Social aspects.
Community life.
Company towns.
Landscapes > Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Helvetia (Pa.) > Antiquities.
Helvetia (Pa.) > Social life and customs.
Helvetia (Pa.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Helvetia (Pa.) > Biography.
Helvetia (Penns.) > Antiquités.
Helvetia (Penns.) > MĖurs et coutumes.
Helvetia (Penns.) > Constructions.
Helvetia (Penns.) > Biographies.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania > Helvetia.
Case studies.
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
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Table of 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.

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