Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1. Creating the Anthracite Region From Prehistoric Times to 1900 9
6. CHAPTER 2. Apogee and Descent The Anthracite Region in the Early Twentieth Century 35
7. CHAPTER 3. The Anthracite Miners’ New Deal The Thirties 58
8. CHAPTER 4. Reprieve and Final Collapse, 1940–1970 Capital and Labor Respond 85
9. CHAPTER 5. Industrial Development Efforts Community and Governmental Responses 114
10. CHAPTER 6. Personal Responses to Decline Fathers and Mothers, 1945–1990 136
11. CHAPTER 7. Personal Responses to Decline Sons and Daughters, 1945–1990 157
12. CHAPTER 8. Legacies 171
13. APPENDIXES 201
14. Notes 215
15. Selected Bibliography 255
16. Acknowledgments 267
17. Index 269