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The Kingdom of Coal: Work, Enterprise, and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields
The Kingdom of Coal Work Enterprise and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields
Author: Richard E. Sharpless, Donald L. Miller
Reprint of a classic. Considered by scholars and history buffs alike to be the best survey history of the rise and fall of the anthracite mining industry in Pennsylvania, this volume chronicles the discovery of anthracite, the building of canals to transport it to market, the era when anthracite was a major stimulus for the building of railroa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780930973230
ISBN-10: 0930973232
Publication Date: 3/5/1999
Pages: 360
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Publisher: Canal History and Technology Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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