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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.

Publication Info. ©2018
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cultural heritage studies
Cultural heritage studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Coal miners -- Violence against -- Pennsylvania.
Coal miners.
Pennsylvania.
Anthracite coal industry -- Pennsylvania.
Anthracite coal industry.
Industrial archaeology -- Pennsylvania.
Industrial archaeology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Shackel, Paul A., author of foreword.
Other Form: Print version: Roller, Michael. Archaeology of structural violence. ©2018 (DLC) 2018014115
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