Ruined Anthracite

Paul A. Shackel is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland-College Park. His books include Remembering Lattimer: Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country.

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Structural Violence in the Anthracite Chapter 2. Coal and People Chapter 3. Living in the Anthracite Chapter 4. The Duplan Silk Mill and the Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter 5. Food Insecurities in the Anthracite Chapter 6. The Toxic Anthracite Environment Chapter 7. Traditions, Traditional Medicines, and Powwowers Chapter 8. Remembering the Anthracite Chapter 9. The Making of Contemporary Northeastern Pennsylvania and the City of Hazleton Chapter 10. Some Challenges Facing a Deindustrialized Community Conclusion References Index

“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