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Author: William G. Williams Publisher: ISBN: 9781572493193 Category : Brothers Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A father and his three sons face blackness, filth, hardships, and extreme danger inthe anthracite coal mines of eastern Pennsylvania while the woman of their home struggles to keep her family alive."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: William G. Williams Publisher: ISBN: 9781572493193 Category : Brothers Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A father and his three sons face blackness, filth, hardships, and extreme danger inthe anthracite coal mines of eastern Pennsylvania while the woman of their home struggles to keep her family alive."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Curtis A. Early Publisher: ISBN: 9781478766797 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 214
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This is about life of coal miners. Their living conditions in a coal mining patch where life was very rough. The constant danger of flooding, explosions or cave ins. Their life is no different than the life of slaves. As a slave you were bought and you had to work for your master, but you were provided a house or living quarters, food, clothing, medicine and on weekends on bigger plantations they would have dancing, on Sundays they would have church services. In a coal mining town your master was the coal barren who ran your life, they would rent you the house, they would have their own company store, which they would keep a book under the counter and write down stuff you didn't buy, you are responsible for all your bills and the pay was very low. It was hard to keep you and your family feed and cloth. But you need work in these dangerous conditions. If you died in the mine your family would be thrown out of the house and into the street. Later in life you could died from black lung disease.
Author: Gene Gomolka Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1462826431 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 260
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Coal Cracker's Son is a novel that focuses upon young Joey Gobol and his Polish family when they lived in Nanticoke, a small coal-mining town in northeast Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Although certain scenarios are fictitious and/or embellished, the story documents Joey's triumphs over adversities at home and as a sailor on a destroyer escort in pursuit of German submarines in World War II. The author cites the futility and intrinsic dangers synonymous with the coal mining industry. His narration also captures the lifestyle, spirit and resiliency of Polish immigrants and their families.
Author: Ronald Lewis Publisher: Praeger ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 314
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Studies slave labor in Virginia coal fields and ironworks around Baltimore and Richmond. Finds that slaveowners in these areas did not exercise absolute authority, but rather pragmatically yielded to slave demands within certain limit in order to maintain production and profit.
Author: Paul A. Shackel Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0252054512 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 186
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Once a busy if impoverished center for the anthracite coal industry, northeastern Pennsylvania exists today as a region suffering inexorable decline--racked by economic hardship and rampant opioid abuse, abandoned by young people, and steeped in xenophobic fear. Paul A. Shackel merges analysis with oral history to document the devastating effects of a lifetime of structural violence on the people who have stayed behind. Heroic stories of workers facing the dangers of underground mining stand beside accounts of people living their lives in a toxic environment and battling deprivation and starvation by foraging, bartering, and relying on the good will of neighbors. As Shackel reveals the effects of these long-term traumas, he sheds light on people’s poor health and lack of well-being. The result is a valuable on-the-ground perspective that expands our understanding of the social fracturing, economic decay, and anger afflicting many communities across the United States. Insightful and dramatic, The Ruined Anthracite combines archaeology, documentary research, and oral history to render the ongoing human cost of environmental devastation and unchecked capitalism.
Author: Martin J. Pasqualetti Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0197581293 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 465
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Energy weaves the tapestry of our lives, and it does so in more ways than we usually recognize. While it is clear that it powers our homes, airplanes, and factories, its overwhelming influence often goes without notice in other areas, from the heartbreak of poverty to the motivation for war. While maintaining its availability has the potential to create jobs and contribute to competitive economies, nonrenewable energy sources are scarring our landscapes, polluting our air, and fouling our water. Understanding how we use energy and what we are willing to do to maintain our access to it can help us prepare for the complex and daunting challenges that linger as we look for alternatives. In The Thread of Energy, Martin J. Pasqualetti homes in on this vital driver of human actions and decisions. He exposes the impact of energy according to multiple scales of measurement and assessment, from everyday applications to global entanglements. The book traces our increasing dependence on Earth's nonrenewable energy resources by comparing lifestyle changes throughout history. Pasqualetti showcases the many ways energy infiltrates communication methods in all its forms (e.g., print, visuals, digital, etc.). The final chapters detail various approaches used by democratic societies looking to lessen their energy usage, including the critical importance of environmentally conscious policymakers. The Thread of Energy treats energy as a social issue with a technical component, rather than the other way around.
Author: William Ecenbarger Publisher: New Press, The ISBN: 1595587977 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 194
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The shocking true story of corrupt judges who made millions by sending children to a private juvenile detention facility: “A harrowing tale, lucidly told” (The New York Times Book Review). In this sensational work of true crime that reads like a thriller, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter William Ecenbarger exposes a long-running scandal that ruined thousands of young lives. In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were doing big business in juvenile court. From 2003 to 2008, they received millions of dollars in kickbacks from a private detention facility that needed a steady stream of inmates. Many of the children caught in this scheme were first-time offenders. Many received only cursory hearings without legal counsel. Some were as young as eleven years old. When it was first released, Kids for Cash brought the story to national attention, where it has stayed ever since. As the Philadelphia Inquirer pointed out, this is the “worst stain on Pennsylvania, a state with more than its share of stains . . . Bill Ecenbarger offers a detail-packed, sickening account of the scandal and its impact. Anyone caring about courts, justice or children should read it.” “Heartbreakingly shows justice gone bad.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Shocking.” —Library Journal
Author: William G. Williams
Author: William G. Williams
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Author: William Ecenbarger