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Do, die, or get along : a tale of two Appalachian towns /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crow, Peter, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Dante (Va.) > Social conditions.
Saint Paul (Va.) > Social conditions.
Dante (Va.) > Biography.
Saint Paul (Va.) > Biography.
Company towns > Virginia > Case studies.
Coal mines and mining > Virginia > Dante > History.
Coal mines and mining > Virginia > Saint Paul > History.
Community life > Virginia > Dante.
Community life > Virginia > Saint Paul.
Oral history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontier times
  • Incorporated town: early years
  • Company town: early years
  • Immigrant labor
  • Wild times in St. Paul
  • Civility in St. Paul
  • Great Depression and Dante
  • Race relations in Dante
  • Unionization
  • The two towns interfacing, diverging
  • Mining safety
  • The Strip Mine Act of 1977
  • Regional planning and river politics
  • Company town with no company
  • The Pittston Strike of 1989-90
  • Changing attitudes
  • Women, conservationists, and the economy
  • Education and youth
  • Changing strategy for regional renewal
  • No-company town fights on.