Hard As the Rock Itself - Place and Identity in the American Mining Town

Informationen zum Autor David Robertson is an assistant professor of geography at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Klappentext Offering analysis of sense of place in American mining towns! this book provides a rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. "Combining the tools of landscape history and cultural geography, and utilizing a wonderfully rich set of personal interviews, Robertson's book presents three detailed case studies of three very different post-mining communities where he uncovered some answers in similar stories of economic boom, economic decline, deindustrialization, and community persistence....Robertson's book does a masterful job of balancing the multiple and often contending perspectives that make claims on these mining landscapes without diminishing or belittling any of them." -Kent Curtis, Eckerd College; "Environmental History" Zusammenfassung Offering analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, this book provides a rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities.

Product details

• Authors: David Robertson
• Publisher: University Press Of Colorado
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2010
• EAN: 9781607320760
• ISBN: 978-1-60732-076-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Mining the American West; Mining the American West
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics