After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona - Decline in Western Resource Towns

Focusing on two Arizona towns that had their origins in mining bonanzas, Tombstone and Jerome, Eric L. Clements offers a rare study dissecting the process of bust. Clements discusses the role of labour unions in trying to stave off collapse, the changing demography of decline, the nature and expression of social tensions, the impact on institutions such as churches and schools, and the human responses to continued economic depression.

About the author

Eric L. Clements is an associate professor of history at Southeast Missouri State University and editor of the Mining History Journal. His areas of interest include both the mining and maritime history of the American West. He has published articles and given presentations on mine health and safety reform, the Western Federation of Miners, the nature and meanings of ghost towns, and the social and physical consequences of legalized casino gambling in three former mining towns in Colorado.

Summary

What happens when the bonanza ends?

Product details

• Authors: Eric L. Clements
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2014
• EAN: 9780874179583
• ISBN: 978-0-87417-958-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Shepperson Series in History H; Shepperson Nevada History; Shepperson History Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous