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Author Roller, Michael, author.

Title An archaeology of structural violence : life in a twentieth-century coal town / Michael P. Roller ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel
Published ©2018
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cultural heritage studies
Cultural heritage studies.
Contents An archaeology of the twentieth century in the anthracite coal region of northeast Pennsylvania -- History of the anthracite region, 1830 to 1897 -- The memory of violence: the Lattimer Massacre of 1897 -- Migration, part 1: The social and material landscape of the company town -- The archaeology of machinic mass consumerism and the logistics of the factory floor in everyday life -- Migration, part 2: Emancipation and catastrophe -- The destructive character: renewal and memory -- Conclusion
Summary An Archaeology of Structural Violence: Life in a Twentieth-Century Coal Town addresses topics such as the approach to the structural violence of everyday life in the twentieth century, the relationship between migrants and the sovereignty of political states, racialization, and the labor needs of late industrial capitalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2018)
Subject Coal miners -- Violence against -- Pennsylvania
Anthracite coal industry -- Pennsylvania
Industrial archaeology -- Pennsylvania
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Anthracite coal industry
Industrial archaeology
Pennsylvania
Form Electronic book
Author Shackel, Paul A., author of foreword.
ISBN 9780813052441
0813052440
9780813053875
0813053870