The Ruined Anthracite Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities

"This book makes a significant contribution to the field of labor history, industrial archeology, and place-based history. Shackel unpacks the nuances of working-class labor, culture, and society while also addressing larger issues of how environmental devastation and unchecked capitalism have left long-lasting, if not irrevocable, scars on the landscape and the generations of people who have lived here. This is an outstanding resource for labor historians, labor archeologists, and anyone interested in a deep dive into the past and present of an American working-class community."--Rachel Clare Donaldson, author of "I Hear America Singing": Folk Music and National Identity