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9780892711147 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Voices of the Knox Mine Disaster

  • Stories, Remembrances, and Reflections on the Anthracite Coal Industry's Last Major Catastrophe, January 22, 1959
  • Relive the drama of the Knox Mine Disaster of January 22, 1959, through the voices of survivors, the victims’ families, contemporary newspaper accounts, and the literature and music generated by the tragedy. Read the poignant and often shocking first-person accounts of those who lived through one of the most devastating disasters in ......

  • ISBN-13: 9780892711147 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
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    AUD $47.99
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2017
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9780892710812 Academic Inspection Copy
  • The Knox Mine Disaster, January 22, 1959

  • The Final Years of the Northern Anthracite Industry and the Effort to Rebuild a Regional Economy
  • The Knox Mine Disaster is much more than a history of an accident—or an industry, for that matter. Because the book draws on the recollections of miners and their families, industry officials, and individuals involved in the legal aftermath of the disaster, it is an epic drama that is as spellbinding as it is sensational. Candid ......

  • ISBN-13: 9780892710812 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
  • Price:
    AUD $38.99
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9780271084985 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Sewn in Coal Country

  • An Oral History of the Ladies' Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945-1995
  • By the mid-1930s, Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston were full of willing workers (mainly women) who proved irresistibly attractive to New York City’s “runaway shops”—ladies’ apparel ......

  • ISBN-13: 9780271084985 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $86.99
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  • Local release date: 15/03/2020
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9780271084909 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Sewn in Coal Country

  • An Oral History of the Ladies' Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945-1995
  • By the mid-1930s, Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston were full of willing workers (including women) who proved irresistibly attractive to New York City's “runaway shops—ladies' apparel factories seeking lower labor and ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780271084909 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Price:
    AUD $217.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Local release date: 15/03/2020
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Categories: History [HB]
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